Washington · Freestone · Pacific
Hoh River — Forks
Olympic Peninsula river; verify seasonal restrictions and current access.
Washington · public-access reaches. This page is what the desk knows about the water itself. What it is doing today — flow, water temperature, weather, and the hazards those produce — is a reading with a date on it, and it lives in Trip Prep.
Plan a trip on Hoh River — ForksWho manages it
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
These links were checked against the live agency site on 2026-09-01. Rules for a water change inside a season, so the agency’s own page on the day you go is the only current answer — this desk does not hold one.
Directory review
Review provenance unavailable
No unique fleet-directory record matched this operational water by name and state, so the desk will not borrow another water’s review date. The agency links on this page were checked on 2026-09-01; check the agency’s own page the day you go.
How access works here
Road-adjacent public reaches
Freestone reaches on this list are generally reached from a road that runs the valley — bridge crossings, pullouts and public-land frontage. Between those, ownership changes without a sign.
Launch · Hand-launch for a raft or small drift boat at bridges and pullouts where it is legal. Confirm the take-out before you push off; a freestone take-out can be a long way down.
Parking · Parking is at designated access points. A pullout that looks fine is not automatically legal or safe to leave a vehicle in.
Washington publishes a statewide list of WDFW water access sites; a Discover Pass or WDFW vehicle access pass is normally required to park at them.
Gauge
A public gauge is mapped
Flow and water temperature for this water are read from USGS site 12041200, Hoh River at US Highway 101 near Forks, WA. It is an official public gauge, not a fishing pin: it describes the river at one point, and the reach you stand in may be doing something else.
Species · derived
5 plausible here
Derived from water class (freestone) and Pacific range — not a stocking record. Confirm species, seasons and any closures with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Rainbow trout
52–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F
Cutthroat trout
48–62°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 66°F
Brown trout
54–67°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F
Mountain whitefish
46–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F
Steelhead
46–61°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 70°F