tailwater · trout

West Branch Delaware River

Live conditions for West Branch Delaware River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

716cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp53.4°F

Stage3.17 ft

Engine callGO 732 cfs in the wade band · 58°F

Gauge read 1:45 AM CDT · USGS 01426500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

West Branch Delaware River is a tailwater below Cannonsville Reservoir in Catskills, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

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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

Stilesville Fishing Access Area (Laurel Bank Road)walk in
Stilesville Fishing Access (Laurel Bank Rd)walk in
Stilesville Fishing Access Areawalk in
Stilesville Fishing Access Area (Laurel Bank Rd)walk in
Stilesville / West Delaware Release Chamber Accesswalk in
Deposit (Airport Road) Hand Launchcarry
River Road Accesscarry
Scott Center Road Accessramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to West Branch Delaware 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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