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Bighorn River
One of the West's great trout rivers — thousands of wild fish per mile under huge Montana sky.
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Water report1,520CFSLow
Running low for mid August. Above 10% of past August 16s on record.
Bighorn River flows right now
1,520 cfs measured below Yellowtail Afterbay Dam near St. Xavier, 1.1 miles from the centre of this water, read at 5:15 PM on Aug 16. That is in the 10th percentile for August 16 across 92 years of record. The median for this date is 2,460 cfs, and the driest tenth of years on record ran under 1,520 cfs. Last read 35 min ago.
Bighorn River fishing records
No verified catches yet. The record book is wide open.
Recent catches
Quiet water
No catches logged here lately. First one on the board sets the pace.
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About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 06287000, Bighorn R bl Yellowtail Afterbay Dam nr St. Xavier, 1.1 miles from the centre of Bighorn River. It reports discharge and gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
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