Waters · Lakes · KY · Tue, Aug 18

How's the bite at Cave Run Lake today? Biting — get there by six.

Worth a cast.

Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.

7/10
Biting

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
4:56 AM–6:56 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
12:45 PM–1:45 PM
Moonrise
Major
5:19 PM–7:19 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
10:46 PM–11:46 PM
Moonset

Sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 8:23 PM · tomorrow's first major 5:42 AM–7:42 AM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 4:24 AM

Conditions right now

Water level
731.57ft
+0.43 ft in 24h
USGS 03249498 updated 4:05 AM
Pressure
29.98inHg
steady · +0.6 hPa/12h
NOAA KSYM updated 1:25 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KSYM updated 1:25 AM
Moon
36% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 4:24 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.

Cave Run Lake water level today

731.57 ft up 0.43 ft in 24 hours

That sits 100% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 730.11 and 731.57 ft. Over the week it is up1.41ft.

08-10 730.11–731.57 ft 08-18
USGS 03249498 updated 4:05 AM

The week ahead

Wed 6 Biting
Thu 6 Biting
Fri 6 Biting
Sat 6 Biting
Sun 5 Picky
Mon 6 Biting
Tue 6 Biting

Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.

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

Questions people ask about Cave Run 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 Cave Run Lake.

Is it worth fishing Cave Run Lake today?
7 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 4:56 AM–6:56 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Cave Run Lake?
Today's major windows run 4:56 AM–6:56 AM and 5:19 PM–7:19 PM, with minor windows at 12:45 PM–1:45 PM and 10:46 PM–11:46 PM. Sunrise is 6:51 AM and sunset 8:23 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Cave Run Lake?
No gauge on Cave Run Lake measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
What is the water level at Cave Run Lake right now?
731.57 ft, read at 4:05 AM from USGS station 03249498. Over 24 hours it is up 0.43 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Cave Run 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 Cave Run Lake?
Yes. A Kentucky fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. KDFWR sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Kentucky license costs, and who is exempt

Where these numbers come from

Held by Cave Run Dam on the Licking River, a Corps of Engineers project - but the gauge is a USGS lake station reporting the pool surface itself, not a river stage below the wall. No water temperature there, so the depth calls stay open.

No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.