Lower Sacramento River (Redding)

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

Right now

7,660cfs→ highnot now

Above the wade band · +0.5% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage11.54 ft

Engine callOFF stale reading

Gauge read 1:45 AM CDT · USGS 11370500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Lower Sacramento River (Redding) is a tailwater in California, fished for trout, steelhead, salmon — rainbow. 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.

troutsteelheadsalmonrainbow trout

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

Access

Turtle Bay / Posse Grounds Boat Rampramp
Caldwell Parkwalk in
Cypress Street Bridge Accessbridge
Girvan Road Accesswalk in
South Bonnyview Boat Launchramp
Knighton Road / Riverbend Drive Accesswalk in
Anderson River Park Boat Launchramp
Balls Ferry Boat Rampramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Lower Sacramento 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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