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Eagle River (Gypsum) fishing report

Updated Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day

One of Colorado's few sizeable rivers with no major dam, so it runs high and off-colour through June and fishes best from July. The upper river has recovered from Eagle Mine contamination.

Today's report: fair (44/100)

Brown Trout is the most promising species on Eagle River (Gypsum) today. Water temperature at the gauge is 17.9°C (64°F) and barometric pressure is stable.

Eagle River (Gypsum) water temperature and flow

  • Water temperature: 17.9°C (64°F)

Measured at gauge EAGLE RIVER AT PRICE LANE BRIDGE NEAR GYPSUM, CO · reading 53 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.

Best time to fish today

  • 06:0008:00 local time — score 42/100
  • 18:0020:00 local time — score 37/100
  • 03:0005:00 local time — score 36/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesTuesday 25 AugWednesday 26 AugThursday 27 Aug
Rainbow Trout44fair36poor44fair
Brown Trout44fair36poor45fair

Why this score

Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Eagle River (Gypsum) rating:

  • light: helping (+1)
  • water temperature: helping (+0.9)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.9)
  • pressure trend: helping (+0.8)
  • wind: helping (+0.7)
  • river flow: helping (+0.6)

Forecast computed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:22:32 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge EAGLE RIVER AT PRICE LANE BRIDGE NEAR GYPSUM, CO · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy

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