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State of the Waters · Beaver State

Oregon Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live levels for Oregon's reservoirs — Detroit and Lost Creek plus the high Cascade lakes. 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 Deschutes, Metolius & Williamson trout waters and the Willamette, Rogue & Umpqua 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 Oregon 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

Oregon is a fly angler's paradise: the Deschutes redside water below Pelton, the spring-fed Metolius, the Williamson and the McKenzie — wild rainbow and brown trout. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

The Deschutes and Rogue run on dam release; always check the schedule before wading.

River Catfish — Warm-Water Rivers

Warmwater cats hold in the lower Willamette and Columbia sloughs. Live stage (ft) with action and flood marked. Hover a fish for the species; tap it for a guide.

Float Rivers — Paddle & Wade

The Willamette and Umpqua are smallmouth factories; the Rogue runs steelhead. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

Oregon rivers are snowmelt-driven — high in spring, dropping into prime shape through summer.

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