Silver Creek
The best month to fish the Silver Creek is May. The month to avoid is March. Right now, in August, it is worth going.
- January: 65 out of 100
- February: 68 out of 100
- March: 45 out of 100
- April: 80 out of 100
- May: 92 out of 100
- June: 71 out of 100
- July: 71 out of 100
- August: 71 out of 100
- September: 80 out of 100
- October: 78 out of 100
- November: 73 out of 100
- December: 65 out of 100
Water averages 63°F this month — fishable, but the margin is thinning. Fish early, land them fast, and stop when the afternoon heats up.
GAUGE 13150430 · COLOURED BY AUGUST
Month by month
| MONTH | TYPICAL FLOW | RANGE (P20–P80) | WATER | AIR HIGH | RAIN | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 125 cfs | 106–138 | 36.4°F | — | — | 65 |
| February | 127 cfs | 110–150 | 38.8°F | — | — | 68 |
| March | 161 cfs | 122–180 | 44.3°F | — | — | 45 |
| April | 135 cfs | 109–155 | 50.3°F | — | — | 80 |
| May | 109 cfs | 91–126 | 56.8°F | — | — | 92 |
| June | 109 cfs | 87–142 | 61.4°F | — | — | 71 |
| July | 94 cfs | 82–114 | 65.9°F | — | — | 71 |
| AugustNOW | 92 cfs | 81–134 | 63.2°F | — | — | 71 |
| September | 85 cfs | 75–127 | 56.7°F | — | — | 80 |
| October | 100 cfs | 85–155 | 48.9°F | — | — | 78 |
| November | 119 cfs | 105–155 | 40.5°F | — | — | 73 |
| December | 122 cfs | 110–142 | 36.4°F | — | — | 65 |
WHERE THESE NUMBERS COME FROM
Flow and water temperature are medians of the monthly means reported by USGS gauge 13150430 over 2006-2025. Air temperature and precipitation are ten-year normals from Open-Meteo at this river’s gauge coordinates.
The window is deliberate. USGS’s own full-record statistics for a dammed river reach back before the dam — at Lees Ferry, to 1922, forty-one years before Glen Canyon closed — and describe a river that no longer exists.
Flow is scored against this river’s own fishable band of 100–125 cfs. There is no universal band: 8,000 cfs is low water on a big tailwater and a flood on a spring creek.
Water temperature is a ceiling rather than a weight. Above about 68°F a trout that is fought and released frequently dies anyway, so no month above that line is scored as worth booking, however good its flow.
The Silver Creek is at its best in May — water around 57°F, flows near 109 cfs.
← RIVERS GOING WELL IN AUGUSTRegulations, licences and access change without notice and are not reproduced here as fact — check the state agency before you travel. A median describes twenty years; it does not forecast your week. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Information System.