Waters · United States
American River (Fair Oaks) fishing report
Updated Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
The lower American runs cold out of Nimbus Dam through suburban Sacramento, holding fall chinook, winter steelhead and stripers that follow them up from the delta.
Today's report: good (71/100)
Striped Bass is the most promising species on American River (Fair Oaks) today. Water temperature at the gauge is 19.4°C (67°F) and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge AMERICAN R A FAIR OAKS CA shows the water level rising (0 cm/24h).
American River (Fair Oaks) water temperature and flow
- Water temperature: 19.4°C (67°F)
- Discharge: 100.2 m³/s (3,539 cfs) — up 1% over 24 hours
- Level trend: rising (0 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge AMERICAN R A FAIR OAKS CA · reading 19 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 06:00–08:00 local time — score 72/100
- 09:00–11:00 local time — score 56/100
- 02:00–04:00 local time — score 59/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Tuesday 25 Aug | Wednesday 26 Aug | Thursday 27 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook salmon | 41 — fair | 42 — fair | 44 — fair |
| Steelhead | 22 — poor | 22 — poor | 22 — poor |
| Striped Bass | 71 — good | 62 — good | 63 — good |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's American River (Fair Oaks) rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- light: helping (+1)
- wind: helping (+1)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- season: helping (+0.85)
- pressure trend: helping (+0.8)
Forecast computed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:18:59 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge AMERICAN R A FAIR OAKS CA · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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- Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta — California, USA (77 km away)
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