The Devils River is a freestone river in Texas, listed as Catch and release by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Devils River is a freestone river in Texas. Texas has 2 waters named Devils River in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Val Verde County, the one the agency list names.
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.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Devils River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Devils River with 1 USGS gauge.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Devils 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.
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 bass.
On the Outdoor Annual exceptions: Devils River black bass catch and release (State Hwy 163 bridge to Big Satan Creek) list (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
On the Outdoor Annual exceptions: Devils River black bass catch and release (State Hwy 163 bridge to Big Satan Creek) list (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Whole Devils River, not only this reach.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel of the whole Devils River. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
25.7 of 99 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No guide within 40 miles yet.
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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
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
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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: the USGS gauge Devils Rv nr Juno, TX. Water type is our own classification.
Warning: Too warm for trout: over Texas Parks and Wildlife's 74°F line
No flow statistics here.
At Devils Rv nr Juno, TX (USGS 08449000) Provisional USGS data
USGS 08449000
What the agencies suggest
It is recommended that anglers cease fishing at 2 p.m. when water temperatures are likely to exceed 68°FNational Park Service
Fish early in the morning while the water temperature is coolerNational Park Service
Keep the fish in the water as much as possibleNational Park Service
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
No flow here now. USGS stopped publishing discharge at this gauge on Sep 29, 1973; it still reports what is shown. We found no other gauge on the same river that publishes flow.
Reading Nov 5, 4:15 PM CST · provisional USGS data
The National Weather Service has no flood-stage gauge here, so no official flood category is shown.
70°F and warmer. Water 74.1°F now; the highest in the last 24 hours was 74.1°F. Above the water rainbow trout do best in (“below 70°F”, Texas Parks and Wildlife). It publishes no catch-and-release line; land and release fish quickly.
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)Over 74°F. Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine: “Rainbow trout cannot survive in water temperatures above 74 degrees Fahrenheit.”
Rainbows over Texas, Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine (December 2007) (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)This gauge is on our page for Devils River, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
Checked Nov 5, 5:17 PM CST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
