warmwater river · carp · smallmouth bass

South Platte (Denver Urban)

Live conditions for South Platte (Denver Urban): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

16cfs↗ risingcaution

Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care.

Water temp60.1°F

Stage10.86 ft

Engine callOFF 14 cfs outside wade band 20–100

Gauge read 12:45 AM CDT · USGS 06710247. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

South Platte (Denver Urban) is a warmwater river in Denver, fished for carp, smallmouth bass. 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.

carpsmallmouth bassWade only

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

Access

Ruby Hill Parkwalk in
Overland Pond Parkwalk in
Johnson-Habitat Parkwalk in
Pasquinel's Landing Parkwalk in
Grant-Frontier Parkwalk in
Frog Hollow Parkwalk in
Weir Gulch Confluence Jettywalk in
Centennial Gardens Parkwalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to South Platte.

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:

Blue-winged olive (BWO)MidgesCrayfishTerrestrials

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:

waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-06710247/ ↗

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