Water level
742.38ft
+0.05 ft in 24h
USGS 03286000 updated 3:45 AM
Waters · Lakes · KY · Tue, Aug 18
How's the bite at Herrington 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.
6/10
Biting
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
5:00 AM–7:00 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
12:49 PM–1:49 PM
Moonrise
Major
5:24 PM–7:24 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
10:52 PM–11:52 PM
Moonset
Sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 8:27 PM · tomorrow's first major 5:47 AM–7:47 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 4:24 AM
Conditions right now
Pressure
30.03inHg
rising · +1.7 hPa/12h
NOAA KDVK updated 3:30 AM
Wind
3mph NW
NOAA KDVK updated 3:30 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.
Herrington Lake water level today
742.38 ft up 0.05 ft in 24 hours
That sits 68% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 740.04 and 743.48 ft. Over the week it is up2.07ft.
08-10 740.04–743.48 ft 08-18
USGS 03286000 updated 3:45 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
- 8 On fire Taylorsville Lake KY · 59 km
- 6 Biting Green River Lake KY · 82 km
- 7 Biting Cave Run Lake KY · 109 km
- 7 Biting Lake Hartwell GA · 400 km
- 6 Biting Lake Conroe TX · 1295 km
Questions people ask about Herrington 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 Herrington Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Herrington Lake today?
- 6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 5:00 AM–7:00 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Herrington Lake?
- Today's major windows run 5:00 AM–7:00 AM and 5:24 PM–7:24 PM, with minor windows at 12:49 PM–1:49 PM and 10:52 PM–11:52 PM. Sunrise is 6:57 AM and sunset 8:27 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Herrington Lake?
- No gauge on Herrington 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 Herrington Lake right now?
- 742.38 ft, read at 3:45 AM from USGS station 03286000. Over 24 hours it is up 0.05 ft.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Herrington 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 Herrington 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 4:24 AM
- NOAA KDVK Stuart Powell Field Airport 3:30 AM
- NOAA LMK gridded forecast 2:40 AM
- USGS 03286000 HERRINGTON LAKE NEAR BURGIN, KY 3:45 AM
Held by Dix Dam on the Dix River - a utility dam rather than a Corps project, but USGS gauges the pool all the same. 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.