Wilson Creek (DH)

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

Right now

No live reading right now — the gauge (USGS 02140510) hasn't answered in the last few minutes.

The water

Wilson Creek (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

Lost Cove Creek Confluence / Game Land Boundary (NC 90)bridge
Wilson Creek Trailhead (Gragg, NC)carry
Wilson Creek Visitor Center / upper DH accesswalk in
Mortimer Recreation Area / Campgroundwalk in
Mortimer Recreation Area (USFS)walk in
Wilson Creek Catch-and-Release Headwaters Access (FS Rd 192/FS Trail 258)walk in
Edgemont / NC-90 Bridge (Wilson Creek at Lost Cove Creek confluence)bridge
Betsey's Ole Country Store / Mortimer (NC 90 & SR 1328 junction)walk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Wilson 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:

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:

waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-02140510/ ↗

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