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Buffalo National River (St. Joe)

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

Right now

39cfs→ lowcaution
Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care.
Water temp
Stage2.69 ft
Engine callOFF 40 cfs outside wade band 75–300
Gauge read 12:45 AM CDT · USGS 07056000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Buffalo National River (St. Joe) is a warmwater river in Arkansas, fished for smallmouth bass, panfish. 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.
smallmouth basspanfish
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Boxley Bridgebridge
  • Ponca Low-Water Bridgebridge
  • Steel Creekcarry
  • Kyles Landingcarry
  • Erbiebridge
  • Ozarkcarry
  • Pruittcarry
  • Hastybridge
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.