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State of the Waters · Bay State

Massachusetts Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live levels for Massachusetts' reservoirs and lakes — Quabbin, Wachusett and the Worcester-area waters. Every tube shows the normal level, 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 Deerfield & Swift River trout tailwaters, the catfish rivers, and the Housatonic & Merrimack rivers.

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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 Massachusetts water has a live gauge (USGS, the Bureau of Reclamation, or California's CDEC) it reads true surface elevation; lakes with no public real-time feed show the most recent published level. The colored bar at left is a solunar bite forecast for right now (red = slow, green = hot).

Trout Tailwaters — Cold Water Below the Dams

Massachusetts holds two great tailwaters: the Deerfield below Fife Brook Dam and the cold Swift below Quabbin — wild and stocked brown and rainbow, plus the freestone Westfield and Millers. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

The Deerfield and Swift run on dam release; check the schedule before wading.

River Catfish — Warm-Water Rivers

The Connecticut River gives up channel catfish through the Holyoke pool. Live river stage (ft) with the action and flood stages marked. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.

Float Rivers — Paddle & Wade

The Connecticut runs spring shad and summer smallmouth; the Berkshire Housatonic is C&R smallmouth. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

Massachusetts rivers are flashy in the hills and steadier on the mainstems; check flows before floating.

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