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State of the Waters · Garden State

New Jersey Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live levels for New Jersey's lakes and reservoirs — Round Valley, Hopatcong, Spruce Run and Merrill Creek. 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 South Branch Raritan & Big Flat Brook trout water, the catfish rivers, and the Delaware & Raritan rivers.

Fetching live readings…
Pick how you're using the water today — jump to live conditions:
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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 New Jersey 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

New Jersey's trout run the South Branch Raritan through Ken Lockwood Gorge, the fly-only Big Flat Brook, and the Musconetcong and Pequest — wild and stocked brown and rainbow. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

The trout streams are rain- and release-driven; the Delaware fishes best on a steady, moderate level.

River Catfish — Warm-Water Rivers

The tidal Delaware below Trenton grows big flathead and channel catfish. 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 Delaware is premier smallmouth and shad water; the Raritan and Passaic round it out. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

New Jersey rivers are flashy after rain — the Delaware smallmouth bite is best low and clear.

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