Deschutes River
near Culver, Oregon · USGS gauge 14076500
For October 18, flow and water temperature are about usual.
These readings do not say whether fish are biting, whether there is parking, or whether the season is open. The shop reports below cover what is biting.
Deschutes River reports from local shops
Each shop writes its own report. Listed here: the date on each one and the hatches and flies it names. Their words stay on their sites; follow the link to read them.
Before you drive
| Overnight | 36°F, wind 1 mph Partly Cloudy |
|---|---|
| Sunday | 61°F, wind 1 to 6 mph Mostly Sunny |
| Sunday Night | 36°F, wind 0 to 3 mph Mostly Cloudy |
| Monday | 57°F, wind 1 to 5 mph Cloudy |
How this water changes through the year
Over 22 years of record, flow on Deschutes River peaks in March, when the median runs about 1,110 ft³/s, and falls to its lowest in August at around 543 ft³/s. Today's 923 sits between the two. The band on the chart is where the middle 60% of years fall, so a reading inside it is ordinary for the date and one outside it is not.
Species
Listed by Oregon ODFW for Deschutes River, Lake Billy Chinook to Benham Falls: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Whitefish.
The agency's list covers ODFW's Central Zone report lists species by reach; this is the reach from Lake Billy Chinook up to Benham Falls. USGS 14076500 near Culver sits on this reach, above Lake Billy Chinook. Updated by the agency 2026-07-30, read 2026-09-08.
Access points
| Coordinates | To gauge |
|---|---|
| 44.4987, -121.3212 · near Culver USGS gauge location. Not a listed public access point; check access before you travel. | 0.0 mi |
Sources and method
- Live
- USGS gauge 14076500, DESCHUTES RIVER NEAR CULVER, OR, 0.0 mi from the listed access point. Fetched 2026-10-18 07:19 UTC.
- History
- USGS daily values: flow 2005–2026, 7,940 daily values; water temperature 2005–2026, 7,632 daily values. Percentile is the share of readings within 7 days of this calendar date, across all years, below the current one (flow n=315 over 21 years, water temperature n=300 over 20 years).
- Rules
- Seasons, limits and licences are not on this site and are not copied from the agency that publishes them: Oregon ODFW.
- Species
- Oregon ODFW, Deschutes River, Lake Billy Chinook to Benham Falls, updated by the agency 2026-07-30, read 2026-09-08.
- Heat
- Oregon ODFW: coldwater fish such as trout, steelhead and salmon start to feel stressed once water reaches 68 °F; ODFW adopts emergency regulations case by case when conditions are severe (published 2021-07-13, checked 2026-09-08). The water temperature card compares today's reading with that figure and says nothing about whether a restriction applies.
- Shop reports
- Chosen from the organic search results for “deschutes river fishing report” (Ahrefs, read 2026-10-01), keeping shops and guides and dropping social media, forums and other aggregators. Linked, not quoted, and not endorsed. Report dates, hatches and fly names read from each page 2026-10-18, by matching a fixed list of insects and patterns: a name not on the list is not shown, and a report older than 30 days shows its date only.
- Forecast
- NOAA National Weather Service, api.weather.gov, for the coordinates of the nearest access point.
Independent presentation of public data. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the USGS, NOAA or Oregon ODFW.