Water temp
52°F
USGS 15266300 updated 2:00 AM
AK · Thu, Aug 6
How's the bite at Kenai River today? Decent — fish it after dark.
Steady action if you work it.
5/10
Decent
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
7:14 AM–9:14 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
5:44 PM–6:44 PM
Moonset
Major
7:44 PM–9:44 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
10:33 PM–11:33 PM
Moonrise
Sunrise 5:54 AM · sunset 10:23 PM · tomorrow's first major 8:14 AM–10:14 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 2:26 AM
Conditions right now
Water level
9.65ft
-0.06 ft in 24h
USGS 15266300 updated 2:00 AM
Flow
14500cfs
USGS 15266300 updated 2:00 AM
Pressure
30.12inHg
rising · +1.37 hPa/12h
NOAA PASX updated 1:17 AM
Wind
6mph W
NOAA PASX updated 1:17 AM
Moon
42% waning
Solunar · computed updated 2:26 AM
Nearby gauges
These sit on connected water, not on Kenai River itself.
- Second stretch — 6740 cfs · 52°F USGS 15258000 updated 2:00 AM
What this means
Trout
52°F sits in the sweet spot. Work the first few feet early.
Work shallow to mid.
Kenai River water level today
9.65 ft down 0.06 ft in 24 hours
That sits 5% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 9.62 and 10.23 ft. Over the week it is down0.42ft.
07-29 9.62–10.23 ft 08-06
USGS 15266300 updated 2:00 AM
The week ahead
| Fri | 6 | Decent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 6 | Decent | |
| Sun | 6 | Decent | |
| Mon | 5 | Decent | |
| Tue | 6 | Decent | |
| Wed | 6 | Decent | |
| Thu | 6 | Decent |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A AK fishing license covers this water. The state agency sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Nearby waters today
- 6 Decent Deschutes River OR · 2646 km
- 7 Good Flathead Lake MT · 2743 km
- 8 Good Bitterroot River MT · 2882 km
- 5 Decent Lake Guntersville AL · 5367 km
- 6 Decent Lake Murray SC · 5683 km
Questions people ask about Kenai River
Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Kenai River.
- Is it worth fishing Kenai River today?
- 5 out of 10 — decent. Steady action if you work it. The strongest stretch is 7:14 AM–9:14 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level and the water temperature.
- What time should you fish Kenai River?
- Today's major windows run 7:14 AM–9:14 AM and 7:44 PM–9:44 PM, with minor windows at 5:44 PM–6:44 PM and 10:33 PM–11:33 PM. Sunrise is 5:54 AM and sunset 10:23 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Kenai River?
- 52°F, read at 2:00 AM from USGS station 15266300. That is 0.5 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago.
- What is the water level at Kenai River right now?
- 9.65 ft, read at 2:00 AM from USGS station 15266300. Over 24 hours it is down 0.06 ft.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Kenai River?
- That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. AK publishes fish consumption advisories through its health or environmental agency, and those are the ones that count. We give no eating advice.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 2:26 AM
- NOAA PASX Soldotna 1:17 AM
- NOAA AER gridded forecast 1:47 AM
- USGS 15266300 KENAI R AT SOLDOTNA AK 2:00 AM
Soldotna deckt die untere Strecke ab, Cooper Landing die obere am Ausfluss des Kenai Lake. Beide messen Wassertemperatur — bei einem Lachsfluss der entscheidende Wert.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.