The Yakima River is a freestone river in Washington, listed as Special-regulation trout water by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife / Fish and Wildlife Commission (WAC 220-312).
4 USGS gauges on the water report flow. 8 guides and 4 shops nearby are listed here.
Yakima River is a freestone river in Washington.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
Signed in: one step. Otherwise we email a confirmation link first. Every alert has one-click links to stop it.
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 Yakima River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Yakima River with 4 USGS gauges.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Yakima 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.
Map of 6 restrooms near Yakima River
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 6 restrooms near Yakima River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
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.
TailwaterThe Columbia River in Washington. Photo: Belle Unruh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Washington · about 33 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Oak CreekThe Columbia River Gorge looking east from Crown Point, Oregon. Photo: Hux, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Oak Creek.
Washington · about 19 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Ahtanum CreekThe Methow River near Pateros, Washington, at sunset. Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ahtanum Creek.
Washington · about 23 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Upper Wheeler ReservoirLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Upper Wheeler Reservoir.
Washington · about 30 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Rattlesnake CreekWashington · about 32 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not American RiverThe Clackamas River in winter, Oregon. Photo: Bonnie Moreland from Oregon, United States, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not American River.
Washington · about 33 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 trout.
On the Selective gear rules waters list (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife / Fish and Wildlife Commission (WAC 220-312), read 2026-10-20). 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.
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. 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.
21.7 of 213.5 mi on public land
+4 smaller areas
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.
7 guides name it on their website
Yakima, WA · 6 mi
Float trips · Multi-day trips · Deschutes & Yakima
Names this water
Ellensburg, WA · 8 mi
Float trips · Spey & two-handed · Yakima & Methow
Names this water
Ellensburg, WA · 19 mi
Spey & two-handed · Lodge packages · Yakima & Methow
Names this water
Thorp, WA · 19 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Euro nymphing · Yellowstone & Stillwater
Names this water
Wenatchee, WA · 42 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · Yakima & Methow
Names this water
What 6 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 6 nearby guide websites
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Salmonfly (May)
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 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 Yakima River.
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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 YAKIMA RIVER AT UMTANUM, WA. Water type is our own classification.
TailwaterThe Columbia River in Washington. Photo: Belle Unruh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Oak CreekThe Columbia River Gorge looking east from Crown Point, Oregon. Photo: Hux, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Oak Creek.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Ahtanum CreekThe Methow River near Pateros, Washington, at sunset. Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ahtanum Creek.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Upper Wheeler ReservoirLake Billy Chinook, Oregon. Photo: icetsarina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Upper Wheeler Reservoir.
Washington · about 30 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Rattlesnake CreekWashington · about 32 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not American RiverThe Clackamas River in winter, Oregon. Photo: Bonnie Moreland from Oregon, United States, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Not American River.
