New River (Hinton)

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

Right now

1,600cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · +1.9% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp77.7°F

Stage1.71 ft

Engine callGO 1600 cfs in the wade band · 78°F

Gauge read 1:00 AM CDT · USGS 03184500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

New River (Hinton) is a freestone river in West Virginia, fished for smallmouth bass, musky, walleye. 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.

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

Access

Access points for this water are being mapped.

The briefing

Know before you drive to New 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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