freestone river · trout · smallmouth bass

Wolf River (Langlade)

Live conditions for Wolf River (Langlade): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

243cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 243 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · -3.2% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage7.63 ft

Engine callOFF 243 cfs outside wade band 275–500

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 04074950. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Wolf River (Langlade) is a freestone river in Wisconsin, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — brown, rainbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Post Lake Dam Waysidewalk in
Pearson Landing (put-in, near County Hwy T)carry
County Highway A Landingcarry
River Road Landingramp
Hollister Landingwalk in
Langlade, Highway 64 Bridge DNR Landingramp
Herb's Landing (County Hwy M, "Short Section 3" put-in)carry
Markton, County Highway M Bridge DNR Landingramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Wolf River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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