Water level
551.45ft
-0.05 ft in 24h
USGS 03312900 updated 8:30 AM
Waters · Lakes · KY · Wed, Sep 30
Barren River Lake water level today 551.45 ft, falling
Bite index 6/10 — Biting — save your energy for the evening.
Worth a cast.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
6/10
Biting
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
2:32 AM–4:32 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
10:41 AM–11:41 AM
Moonset
Major
3:01 PM–5:01 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
8:17 PM–9:17 PM
Moonrise
Sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:29 PM · tomorrow's first major 3:32 AM–5:32 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 9:31 AM
Conditions right now
Water temp estimated
≈63.3°F
7-day mean of air temperature, ±4.5°F typical
computed from NOAA KGLW updated 7:35 AM
Pressure
30.07inHg
rising · +2.4 hPa/12h
NOAA KGLW updated 7:35 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KGLW updated 7:35 AM
Moon
81% waning
Solunar · computed updated 9:31 AM
What this means
Largemouth bass, Crappie, Catfish
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.
Barren River Lake level over the last 8 days
551.45 ft down 0.05 ft in 24 hours
That sits 2% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 551.44 and 551.88 ft. Over the week it is down0.41ft.
09-22 551.44–551.88 ft 09-30
USGS 03312900 updated 8:30 AM
The week ahead
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 7 | Biting | |
| Sat | 7 | Biting | |
| Sun | 6 | Biting | |
| Mon | 6 | Biting | |
| Tue | 6 | Biting | |
| Wed | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Barren River Lake boat ramps and public fishing access
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources lists 14 public access points on Barren River Lake. These are the 8 closest to our gauge — the farthest one the agency lists sits 11 mi away.
- Port Oliver Ramp 0.1 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 51 plusCourtesy dock: YesRestrooms: Year-Round All-HoursAccessible ramp: Year-Round All-HoursFee: Yes
- Quarry Road Beach 0.3 miParking: PavedParking capacity: 25 or LessRestrooms: Year-Round All-HoursAccessible ramp: Year-Round All-HoursFee: Yes
- Peninsula Ramp 0.8 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 51 plusCourtesy dock: YesRestrooms: Year-Round All-HoursMarina: Year-Round Limited-HoursFee: Yes
- Baileys Point Ramp 1.6 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 25 or LessRestrooms: Year-Round All-HoursCamping: Year-Round All-HoursFee: Yes
- Narrows Marina 2.9 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 51 plusRestrooms: Year-Round Limited-HoursMarina: Year-Round Limited-HoursAccessible ramp: Year-Round Limited-HoursFee: No
- BRL State Park Ramp 3.3 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 51 plusRestrooms: Year-Round All-HoursCamping: Year-Round All-HoursMarina: Year-Round Limited-HoursFee: No
- Narrows Ramp 3.3 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 51 plusCourtesy dock: YesRestrooms: Year-Round All-HoursCamping: Year-Round All-HoursMarina: Year-Round Limited-HoursFee: Yes
- Barren River Lake WMA 3.6 miParking: UnpavedParking capacity: 25 or LessAccessible ramp: Year-Round All-HoursFee: No
Access data from Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Distances are straight-line from our gauge, not driving distance.
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources · public access inventory
Before you go
A Kentucky fishing license covers this water — $24.31 a year for residents. KDFWR sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 5 Picky Nolin Lake KY · 44 km
- 6 Biting Green River Lake KY · 80 km
- 5 Picky Lake Cumberland KY · 87 km
- 5 Picky Boone Lake TN · 333 km
- 7 Biting Canton Lake OK · 1118 km
Questions people ask about Barren River Lake
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 Barren River Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Barren River Lake today?
- 6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 2:32 AM–4:32 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Barren River Lake?
- Today's major windows run 2:32 AM–4:32 AM and 3:01 PM–5:01 PM, with minor windows at 10:41 AM–11:41 AM and 8:17 PM–9:17 PM. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 6:29 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Barren River Lake?
- No gauge on Barren River Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 63.3°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KGLW (Glasgow, Glasgow Municipal Airport). Checked against the lakes that do have a thermometer, that method lands within about 4.5°F of the real reading and was off by 8.3°F at worst. Treat it as a ballpark, not a measurement — and note the bite index above ignores it entirely, because an error that size would move the verdict as often as it would fix it.
- What is the water level at Barren River Lake right now?
- 551.45 ft, read at 8:30 AM from USGS station 03312900. Over 24 hours it is down 0.05 ft.
- Are water levels rising or falling at Barren River Lake?
- Falling. The lake is down 0.05 ft in 24 hours and down 0.41 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 551.44 and 551.88 ft. Every figure here is a difference between two gauge readings, not a forecast — what the level does next depends on rain and on what the dam releases.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Barren River Lake?
- That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. KY publishes fish consumption advisories through its health or environmental agency, and those are the ones that count. We give no eating advice.
- Do you need a licence to fish Barren River Lake?
- Yes. A Kentucky fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. KDFWR sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 9:31 AM
- NOAA KGLW Glasgow, Glasgow Municipal Airport 7:35 AM
- NOAA LMK gridded forecast 7:51 AM
- USGS 03312900 BARREN RIVER LAKE NEAR FINNEY, KY 8:30 AM
A Corps of Engineers reservoir near Finney, gauged by USGS on the lake itself. The reading is the pool surface, not the Barren River below the dam. No temperature sensor at the gauge.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.