Waters · Lakes · KY · Tue, Aug 18

How's the bite at Rough River 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
Major
4:08 AM–6:08 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
11:56 AM–12:56 PM
Moonrise
Major
4:31 PM–6:31 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
10:00 PM–11:00 PM
Moonset

Sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 7:34 PM · tomorrow's first major 4:55 AM–6:55 AM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 3:24 AM

Conditions right now

Water level
493.42ft
-0.61 ft in 24h
USGS 03318005 updated 2:00 AM
Pressure
30.02inHg
rising · +1.35 hPa/12h
NOAA KKY8 updated 2:35 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KKY8 updated 2:35 AM
Moon
37% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 3:24 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.

Rough River Lake water level today

493.42 ft down 0.61 ft in 24 hours

That sits 0% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 493.42 and 498.1 ft. Over the week it is down4.10ft.

08-10 493.42–498.10 ft 08-18
USGS 03318005 updated 2:00 AM

The week ahead

Wed 6 Biting
Thu 6 Biting
Fri 6 Biting
Sat 6 Biting
Sun 5 Picky
Mon 5 Picky
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 Rough 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 Rough River Lake.

Is it worth fishing Rough River Lake today?
6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 4:08 AM–6:08 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Rough River Lake?
Today's major windows run 4:08 AM–6:08 AM and 4:31 PM–6:31 PM, with minor windows at 11:56 AM–12:56 PM and 10:00 PM–11:00 PM. Sunrise is 6:04 AM and sunset 7:34 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Rough River Lake?
No gauge on Rough River 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 Rough River Lake right now?
493.42 ft, read at 2:00 AM from USGS station 03318005. Over 24 hours it is down 0.61 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Rough 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 Rough River 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

A Corps of Engineers reservoir at Falls of Rough, gauged by USGS on the lake itself. No temperature sensor at the gauge, 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.