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State of the Waters · Gem State

Idaho Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live levels for Idaho's waters — Pend Oreille, American Falls, Dworshak, Palisades and the Snake-system reservoirs. Every tube shows the normal pool, the current level, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Scroll down for the South Fork Snake, Henry's Fork & Silver Creek trout waters and the Salmon & Boise float rivers.

Fetching live readings…
Pick how you're using the water today — jump to live conditions:
🎣 Fishing another state?  Step 1: pick it Step 2: how you use the water
Flood / above normal At normal pool Below normal Current level Bite gauge: slow → hot (solunar)

Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments

Each cylinder is scaled to its own operating band: the gold line is normal full pool, the red line is the flood / above-normal line, and the blue water is the live reading. Where a Idaho reservoir has a live federal gauge (USGS or Bureau of Reclamation) it reads true surface elevation (ft); reservoirs with no public real-time feed show the most recent published pool. The colored bar at left is a solunar bite forecast for right now at each lake (red = slow, green = hot).

Trout Tailwaters — Cold Water Below the Dams

Idaho is a fly angler's dream: the South Fork Snake below Palisades, the spring-creek Henry's Fork, the South Fork Boise and glassy Silver Creek — wild rainbow and brown water. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

Tailwater and spring-creek flows change with dam release; always check conditions before wading.

River Catfish — Warm-Water Rivers

Warmwater fishing runs the lower Snake reservoirs. Live stage (ft) with action and flood marked. Hover a fish for the species; tap it for a guide.

Float Rivers — Paddle & Wade

The Salmon — the River of No Return — plus the urban Boise and freestone Big Wood. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

These rivers are runoff-driven — big spring melt on the Salmon, dropping into shape through summer.

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