Waters · United States
Knife River fishing report
Updated Thursday, 15 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
A small, rain-fed North Shore river with a mostly wild steelhead run in spring. It can go from a trickle to a torrent overnight, so the flow trend is the whole story here.
Today's report: good (70/100)
Steelhead is the most promising species on Knife River today. Water temperature is around 7.7°C and barometric pressure is falling. Gauge KNIFE RIVER NEAR TWO HARBORS, MN shows the water level rising (1 cm/24h).
Knife River water temperature and flow
- Discharge: 0.2 m³/s (7 cfs) — up 25% over 24 hours
- Level trend: rising (1 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge KNIFE RIVER NEAR TWO HARBORS, MN · reading 30 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Knife River live cam
Cameras are run by their owners, not by Cast & Scan — a frame can be stale or a stream offline. Use the picture to judge colour and height, and the gauge numbers above for the trend.
Best time to fish today
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 66/100
- 17:00–19:00 local time — score 70/100
- 05:00–07:00 local time — score 71/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Thursday 15 Oct | Friday 16 Oct | Saturday 17 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | 70 — good | 72 — good | 67 — good |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Knife River rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- light: helping (+1)
- cloud cover: helping (+1)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- season: helping (+0.85)
- wind: helping (+0.75)
Forecast computed Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:29:53 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge KNIFE RIVER NEAR TWO HARBORS, MN · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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