Waters · United States
Housatonic River (Lower) fishing report
Updated Friday, 9 October 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: excellent (88/100)
Smallmouth Bass is the most promising species on Housatonic River (Lower) today. Water temperature is around 18.3°C and barometric pressure is rising. Gauge HOUSATONIC RIVER AT STEVENSON, CT shows the water level falling (1 cm/24h).
Housatonic River (Lower) water temperature and flow
- Discharge: 13.1 m³/s (463 cfs) — down 3% over 24 hours
- Level trend: falling (1 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge HOUSATONIC RIVER AT STEVENSON, CT · reading 46 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 08:00–10:00 local time — score 82/100
- 11:00–13:00 local time — score 89/100
- 17:00–19:00 local time — score 84/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Friday 9 Oct | Saturday 10 Oct | Sunday 11 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallmouth Bass | 88 — excellent | 86 — excellent | 83 — excellent |
| Striped Bass | 84 — excellent | 85 — excellent | 81 — excellent |
| Northern Pike | 83 — excellent | 87 — excellent | 83 — excellent |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Housatonic River (Lower) rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- pressure trend: helping (+1)
- light: helping (+1)
- river flow: helping (+0.96)
- season: helping (+0.95)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:16:24 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge HOUSATONIC RIVER AT STEVENSON, CT · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Read before you go
- When pike bite: the pressure, light and temperature windows
- The best time to fish for bass
- How river flow trend changes the bite
- Barometric pressure and fishing, explained
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