Water level
1027.88ft
-0.03 ft in 24h
USGS 03277446 updated 9:15 AM
Waters · Lakes · KY · Wed, Sep 30
Carr Creek Lake water level today 1027.88 ft, falling
Bite index 5/10 — Picky — get there by six.
Work for it.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
5/10
Picky
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
3:19 AM–5:19 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
11:29 AM–12:29 PM
Moonset
Major
3:48 PM–5:48 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
9:03 PM–10:03 PM
Moonrise
Sunrise 7:26 AM · sunset 7:16 PM · tomorrow's first major 4:19 AM–6:19 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 10:31 AM
Conditions right now
Water temp estimated
≈60.8°F
7-day mean of air temperature, ±4.5°F typical
computed from NOAA KJKL updated 9:55 AM
Pressure
30.13inHg
rising · +2.03 hPa/12h
NOAA KJKL updated 9:55 AM
Wind
3mph S
NOAA KJKL updated 9:55 AM
Moon
81% waning
Solunar · computed updated 10:31 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.
Carr Creek Lake level over the last 8 days
1027.88 ft down 0.03 ft in 24 hours
That sits 0% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1027.88 and 1028.81 ft. Over the week it is down0.04ft.
09-22 1027.88–1028.81 ft 09-30
USGS 03277446 updated 9:15 AM
The week ahead
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 6 | Biting | |
| Sat | 6 | Biting | |
| Sun | 6 | Biting | |
| Mon | 5 | Picky | |
| Tue | 5 | Picky | |
| Wed | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Carr Creek Lake boat ramps and public fishing access
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources lists 3 public access points on Carr Creek Lake.
- Carr Creek Dam Ramp 0.2 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 51 plusRestrooms: Seasonal All-HoursFee: Yes
- Carr Creek Marina 1.9 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 51 plusCourtesy dock: YesRestrooms: Year-Round All-HoursMarina: Year-Round Limited-HoursAccessible ramp: Year-Round All-HoursFee: Yes
- Littcar Ramp 4.5 miRamp surface: PavedLaunch lanes: MultipleParking: PavedParking capacity: 26 to 50Restrooms: Seasonal All-HoursCamping: Seasonal All-HoursFee: Yes
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 Buckhorn Lake KY · 41 km
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- 5 Picky Boone Lake TN · 103 km
- 4 Picky Chickamauga Lake TN · 308 km
- 6 Biting DeGray Lake AR · 969 km
Questions people ask about Carr Creek 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 Carr Creek Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Carr Creek Lake today?
- 5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 3:19 AM–5:19 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Carr Creek Lake?
- Today's major windows run 3:19 AM–5:19 AM and 3:48 PM–5:48 PM, with minor windows at 11:29 AM–12:29 PM and 9:03 PM–10:03 PM. Sunrise is 7:26 AM and sunset 7:16 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Carr Creek Lake?
- No gauge on Carr Creek Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 60.8°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KJKL (Jackson, Carroll 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 Carr Creek Lake right now?
- 1027.88 ft, read at 9:15 AM from USGS station 03277446. Over 24 hours it is down 0.03 ft.
- Are water levels rising or falling at Carr Creek Lake?
- Holding steady. The lake is down 0.03 ft in 24 hours and down 0.04 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 1027.88 and 1028.81 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 Carr Creek 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 Carr Creek 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 10:31 AM
- NOAA KJKL Jackson, Carroll Airport 9:55 AM
- NOAA JKL gridded forecast 7:29 AM
- USGS 03277446 CARR CREEK LAKE NEAR SASSAFRAS, KY 9:15 AM
A Corps of Engineers reservoir near Sassafras, gauged by USGS on the lake itself. The smallest measured demand of the Kentucky set, built because the gauge is already there and the page costs one line. No temperature sensor.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.