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Wind River (Boysen) fishing report

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

Above Boysen Reservoir the Wind is a big braided prairie river holding browns and rainbows plus walleye running up out of the reservoir. Irrigation withdrawals drop it sharply in midsummer.

Today's report: good (69/100)

Walleye is the most promising species on Wind River (Boysen) today. Water temperature at the gauge is 21.0°C (70°F) and barometric pressure is rising. Gauge WIND RIVER AB BOYSEN RESERVOIR, NR SHOSHONI, WY shows the water level rising (1 cm/24h).

Wind River (Boysen) water temperature and flow

  • Water temperature: 21.0°C (70°F)
  • Discharge: 8.4 m³/s (297 cfs) — up 3% over 24 hours
  • Level trend: rising (1 cm/24h)

Measured at gauge WIND RIVER AB BOYSEN RESERVOIR, NR SHOSHONI, WY · reading 68 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.

Best time to fish today

  • 06:00–08:00 local time — score 64/100
  • 23:00–01:00 local time — score 68/100
  • 04:00–06:00 local time — score 68/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesTuesday 25 AugWednesday 26 AugThursday 27 Aug
Rainbow Trout44 — fair41 — fair38 — poor
Brown Trout45 — fair42 — fair36 — poor
Walleye69 — good69 — good64 — good

Why this score

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

  • water temperature: helping (+1)
  • cloud cover: helping (+1)
  • light: helping (+0.95)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.9)
  • wind: helping (+0.85)
  • pressure trend: helping (+0.8)

Forecast computed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:22:36 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge WIND RIVER AB BOYSEN RESERVOIR, NR SHOSHONI, WY · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy

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