freestone river · smallmouth bass · largemouth bass · rock bass

Sugar Creek (Crawfordsville)

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

Right now

137cfs→ stablecaution

No wade or float band on file yet · +3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage3.34 ft

Engine callOFF no band

Gauge read 1:45 AM CDT · USGS 03339500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Sugar Creek (Crawfordsville) is a freestone river in Indiana, fished for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, rock bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, bluegill, crappie, longear sunfish, common carp, suckers, gar. 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.

smallmouth basslargemouth bassrock basschannel catfishflathead catfishbluegillcrappielongear sunfishcommon carpsuckersgar

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

Access

Crawfordsville Access (Elston Park South)ramp
Darlington Covered Bridge / Darlington Community Parkwalk in
Sugar Creek Public Fishing Area (Camp Rotary/Offield Rd)walk in
Crawfordsville Sugar Creek Canoe Launch (Old Coke Plant site, Lafayette Ave)carry
Rock River Landing (Sugar Creek Trail Trailhead)carry
Sugar Creek Public Fishing Area (Bachner Nature Reserve, Offield Monument Rd)walk in
Deer's Mill Public Access Pointcarry
Shades State Park Canoe Camp (Canoe Island area)carry

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Sugar Creek.

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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