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Wisconsin · Mixed · Midwest

St. Croix River — Danbury

Named public water; a river-use permit is not implied.

Wisconsin · 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 St. Croix River — Danbury

Stores this page so it opens with no signal. Live flow and weather are never stored.

Who manages it

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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

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The fleet directory holds no record by this name in Wisconsin, so there is no directory review to show.

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

Mixed — some drive-to, some walk-in

This reach mixes drive-to and walk-in access. Some sections are road-adjacent, others need a walk from public ground.

Launch · Launch type varies by access point. Confirm on the agency map before you tow a boat to it.

Parking · Parking is at designated access points. A pullout that looks fine is not automatically legal or safe to leave a vehicle in.

Wisconsin's Fishing Finder maps waters and access points.

Gauge

A public gauge is mapped

Flow and water temperature for this water are read from USGS site 05333500, St. Croix River near Danbury, WI. 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 (mixed) and Midwest range — not a stocking record. Confirm species, seasons and any closures with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

  • Brown trout

    54–67°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

  • Brook trout

    46–61°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 65°F

  • Rainbow trout

    52–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

  • Smallmouth bass

    67–78°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 84°F

  • Walleye

    65–75°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 80°F

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Field Ops

Named public waters only · no exact coordinates · nothing assumed without a check · nothing is added from another tool until you confirm.