Waters · United States
Housatonic River (Lower) fishing report
Updated Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
The lower Housatonic below Stevenson Dam is warm-water river fishing — smallmouth and pike through the season, with striped bass running up from Long Island Sound in spring.
Today's report: good (70/100)
Smallmouth Bass is the most promising species on Housatonic River (Lower) today. Water temperature is around 23.9°C and barometric pressure is rising. Gauge HOUSATONIC RIVER AT STEVENSON, CT shows the water level falling (3 cm/24h).
Housatonic River (Lower) water temperature and flow
- Discharge: 14.4 m³/s (509 cfs) — down 8% over 24 hours
- Level trend: falling (3 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge HOUSATONIC RIVER AT STEVENSON, CT · reading 33 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 11:00–13:00 local time — score 70/100
- 14:00–16:00 local time — score 64/100
- 17:00–19:00 local time — score 64/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Tuesday 25 Aug | Wednesday 26 Aug | Thursday 27 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallmouth Bass | 70 — good | 69 — good | 69 — good |
| Striped Bass | 61 — good | 61 — good | 64 — good |
| Northern Pike | 34 — poor | 35 — poor | 36 — poor |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Housatonic River (Lower) rating:
- light: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- wind: helping (+1)
- river flow: helping (+0.96)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- season: helping (+0.85)
Forecast computed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:03:18 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge HOUSATONIC RIVER AT STEVENSON, CT · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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