freestone river · redeye bass · spotted bass · gar

Cahaba River (Centreville)

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

Right now

166cfs→ lowcaution

Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care · -0.6% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage0.13 ft

Engine callOFF 167 cfs outside wade band 200–600

Gauge read 1:15 AM CDT · USGS 02424000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Cahaba River (Centreville) is a freestone river in Alabama, fished for redeye bass, spotted bass, gar, 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.

redeye bassspotted bassgarpanfish

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Cahaba Riverwalk and Canoe Launch (Centreville)carry
Harrisburg Road Accessbridge
Heiberger Bridge Accesscarry
Perry Lakes Park / Barton's Beach Accesswalk in
Sprott Accessramp
Radford Access (Perry County Commission)carry
Suttle Bridge Accessbridge
US Highway 80 Access (Marion Junction)bridge

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Cahaba River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in September:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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