Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
The Mokelumne River is a freestone river in California, listed as Steelhead / salmon water by California Department of Fish and Wildlife Fisheries Branch.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Fisheries Branch lists 1 species. 1 guide and 2 shops nearby are listed here.
Mokelumne River is a freestone river in California.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Mokelumne River or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Mokelumne River
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Mokelumne River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Mokelumne River, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Mokelumne River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not American RiverThe Yuba River at Sierra City, California. Photo: Yngvadottir, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not American River.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Putah CreekThe East Walker River in Bridgeport, California. Photo: Ixfd64, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Putah Creek.
California · about 41 mi
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not San Joaquin RiverRush Creek, Mono County, California. Photo: Greg Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not San Joaquin River.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Tuolumne RiverHot Creek near Mammoth Lakes, with steam from geothermal springs. Photo: TheDailyNathan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tuolumne River.
California · about 52 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not North Fork Mokelumne RiverThe Middle Fork of Bishop Creek, eastern Sierra. Photo: Scrubhiker (USCdyer), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Fork Mokelumne River.
California · about 57 mi
Heritage Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Clavey RiverThe upper Owens River in Mono County, California. Photo: Robson Hatsukami Morgan (via Unsplash), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clavey River.
California · about 61 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under salmon & steelhead.
On the Steelhead Report and Restoration Card location codes (named river systems) list (California Department of Fish and Wildlife Fisheries Branch, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Sacramento, CA · 29 mi
Spey & two-handed · Rogue & American
Nearby
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Winter steelhead fishing on the Skagit River, Washington (Doug Wilson, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). Photo: Doug Wilson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
12 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From California Fly Fisher (secondary sources: an angling organisation or magazine, not an agency).
American grannom (April to September) · Golden stonefly (May to July) · Green drake (May to July) · Pale morning dun (May to August) · Saddle-case caddis (May to September) · Salmonfly (May to June) · and 6 more on the chart
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
Like the Mokelumne River? Same fish, overseas.
Freestone river
Freestone riverThe Santa Cruz River from National Route 40, downstream of Lago Argentino. Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Dean RiverThe Chilko River at Lava Canyon. Photo: Kevin Teague, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Dean River.
Southern seasons open while ours close.
Flagship waterPenstock Lagoon, Central Highlands, Tasmania. Photo: Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Río PetrohuéThe Río Puelo at Las Gualas, Cochamó. Photo: Nicolás from seno de reloncaví, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Río Petrohué.
Lake or reservoirRepresentative photo · not Lago LlanquihueThe Río Simpson passing Coyhaique, Aysén. Photo: Manxuc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lago Llanquihue.
Lake or reservoir
Flagship waterRepresentative photo · not Mataura RiverThe Oreti River near Lumsden, Southland. Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mataura River.
Flagship waterGreat Lake, Tasmania. Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A wade-fishing checklist for big western trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier and where to buy.
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Mokelumne River.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Mokelumne River”, halfway along its length in California, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not American RiverThe Yuba River at Sierra City, California. Photo: Yngvadottir, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not American River.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Putah CreekThe East Walker River in Bridgeport, California. Photo: Ixfd64, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Putah Creek.
California · about 41 mi
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not San Joaquin RiverRush Creek, Mono County, California. Photo: Greg Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not San Joaquin River.
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not Tuolumne RiverHot Creek near Mammoth Lakes, with steam from geothermal springs. Photo: TheDailyNathan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tuolumne River.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not North Fork Mokelumne RiverThe Middle Fork of Bishop Creek, eastern Sierra. Photo: Scrubhiker (USCdyer), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Fork Mokelumne River.
California · about 57 mi
Heritage Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Clavey RiverThe upper Owens River in Mono County, California. Photo: Robson Hatsukami Morgan (via Unsplash), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clavey River.
California · about 61 mi
