Fishing the Lower Russian River

Notifications: fishing open/close · mouth open/close.

Fishing — lower Russian River

Closed

Wed Oct 28 call: 194 cfs · Below 300 min

CDFW makes the open/closed call Mon / Wed / Fri — not the live gauge. Flow can top 300 cfs and the river can still stay closed until Fish & Game opens it.

River mouth at Jenner

Open

Bridgehaven 24h tidal swing: 5.6 ft · Tide reaching the estuary

Last call Wed Oct 28: 194 cfs (min 300) · Covers Thu–Fri · Next call Fri Oct 30 · CDFW hotline (707) 944-5533
Rule-derived from gauge data — CDFW is the official source: wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Inland/Low-Flow

The gauges

Hacienda Bridge — flow

201 cfs

Low-flow minimum: 300 cfs. Reading Fri, Oct 30 · 8:15 PM PT.

Source: USGS 11467000

Guerneville — flow & level

164 cfs · 4.37 ft

Johnsons Beach gauge; flow is rating-derived. Reading Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM PT.

Source: NOAA NWPS GUEC1 (USGS 11467002)

Bridgehaven — water level

3.99 ft

Tidal swing, last 24 h: 5.6 ft. Reading Fri, Oct 30 · 8:30 PM PT.

Source: USGS 11467270 (Hwy 1 Bridge, nr Jenner)

Dry Creek at its mouth

112 cfs

Reading Fri, Oct 30 · 8:15 PM PT.

Source: USGS 11465350

Lake Sonoma — storage

226,488 acre-ft

Daily report, 2026-10-29 · Conservation pool: 245,000 acre-ft

Source: CDEC WRS (US Army Corps of Engineers)

Warm Springs Dam — outflow

110 cfs

Daily average release, 2026-10-29.

Source: CDEC WRS

Warm Springs Dam releases reach the river via Dry Creek, above Hacienda.

Chart of Hacienda Bridge flow over the last 90 days, with the 300 cfs low-flow fishing minimum marked

Hacienda daily mean flow vs the 300 cfs minimum, last 90 days.

River mouth — Bridgehaven

Chart of Bridgehaven water level over the last 90 days, with the detected mouth-closed period shaded

Bridgehaven water level, hourly, last 90 days. Shaded = detected mouth closure.

Mouth is called closed when the tidal swing here stays under 0.75 ft for 36+ hours; open again above 1.5 ft. Most recent detected closure: Oct 13 – Oct 27, 2026.

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