West Fork Pigeon (Lake Logan DH)

Live conditions for West Fork Pigeon (Lake Logan DH): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

27cfs→ lowcaution

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

Water temp65.7°F

Stage0.89 ft

Engine callOFF rising

Gauge read 1:45 AM CDT · USGS 03455500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

West Fork Pigeon (Lake Logan DH) is a freestone river in 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 troutWade only

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

Access

West Fork Pigeon DH – Upper Access (below Sunburst Campground, opposite shooting range)walk in
Sunburst Campground (Pisgah National Forest)walk in
Sunburst Falls Bridge (NC 215 stone-arch bridge / Pisgah Game Land boundary)bridge
Sunburst Campground (USFS) river accesswalk in
Sunburst Falls Bridge (NC 215)bridge
Sunburst Campground / Day-Use Areawalk in
Sunburst Campground (West Fork Pigeon River access)walk in
Sunburst Campground / Upper Delayed-Harvest Boundary Accesswalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to West Fork Pigeon.

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:

Midges

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:

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