Pigeon River (Canton)

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

Right now

78cfs→ lowcaution

Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care · -2.5% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp74.1°F

Stage1.35 ft

Engine callOFF 80 cfs outside wade band 104–220

Gauge read 1:45 AM CDT · USGS 03456991. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Pigeon River (Canton) is a freestone river in Asheville, North Carolina, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, brook. 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.

troutrainbow troutbrown troutbrook trout

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

Access

Canton Public Fishing Area (Pigeon River)walk in
BearWaters Brewing Canton River Accesscarry
Waterville Powerhouse Put-inramp
Hartford Bridge Accessbridge
Greasy Cove Road Take-outramp
Hominy Creek River Accesscarry
French Broad River Greenway Accesscarry
Bent Creek River Park Accesscarry

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Pigeon 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 ↗

More water in Asheville, North Carolina

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