Fishing the Lower Russian River

Notifications: fishing open/close · mouth open/close.

Fishing — lower Russian River

Closed

Mon Nov 2 call: 202 cfs · Below 300 min

CDFW makes the open/closed call Mon / Wed / Fri — not the live gauge. Flow can top 300 cfs and the river can still stay closed until Fish & Game opens it.

River mouth at Jenner

Open

Bridgehaven 24h tidal swing: 1.27 ft · Tide reaching the estuary

Last call Mon Nov 2: 202 cfs (min 300) · Covers Tue–Wed · Next call Wed Nov 4 · CDFW hotline (707) 944-5533
Rule-derived from gauge data — CDFW is the official source: wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Inland/Low-Flow

The gauges

Hacienda Bridge — flow & level

206 cfs · 1.94 ft

Low-flow minimum: 300 cfs. Reading Tue, Nov 3 · 9:15 AM PT.

Source: USGS 11467000

Guerneville — level

4.41 ft

Johnsons Beach gauge. Reading Tue, Nov 3 · 9:00 AM PT.

Source: NOAA NWPS GUEC1 (USGS 11467002)

Bridgehaven — water level

6.82 ft

Tidal swing, last 24 h: 1.3 ft. Reading Tue, Nov 3 · 9:30 AM PT.

Source: USGS 11467270 (Hwy 1 Bridge, nr Jenner)

Dry Creek at its mouth

124 cfs

Reading Tue, Nov 3 · 9:15 AM PT.

Source: USGS 11465350

Lake Sonoma — storage

225,472 acre-ft

Daily report, 2026-11-2 · Conservation pool: 245,000 acre-ft

Source: CDEC WRS (US Army Corps of Engineers)

Warm Springs Dam — outflow

118 cfs

Daily average release, 2026-11-2 .

Source: CDEC WRS

Warm Springs Dam releases reach the river via Dry Creek, above Hacienda.

Chart of Hacienda Bridge flow over the last 90 days, with the 300 cfs low-flow fishing minimum marked

Hacienda daily mean flow vs the 300 cfs minimum, last 90 days.

River mouth — Bridgehaven

Chart of Bridgehaven water level over the last 90 days, with the detected mouth-closed period shaded

Bridgehaven water level, hourly, last 90 days. Shaded = detected mouth closure.

Mouth is called closed when the tidal swing here stays under 0.75 ft for 36+ hours; open again above 1.5 ft. Most recent detected closure: Oct 13 – Oct 27, 2026.

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