Water temp
87.1°F
NOAA CO-OPS 8761927 updated 5:18 AM
LA · Thu, Aug 6
How's the bite at Lake Pontchartrain today? Fair — save your energy for the evening.
Worth a short trip.
4/10
Fair
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
6:01 AM–8:01 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
1:46 PM–2:46 PM
Moonset
Major
6:30 PM–8:30 PM
Moon underfoot
Sunrise 6:22 AM · sunset 7:49 PM · tomorrow's first major 7:00 AM–9:00 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 5:26 AM
Conditions right now
Tide level
0.131ft
-0.14 ft in 24h
NOAA CO-OPS 8761927 updated 5:18 AM
Pressure
30.08inHg
rising · +1.69 hPa/12h
NOAA KNEW updated 5:10 AM
Wind
6mph SW
NOAA KNEW updated 5:10 AM
Moon
43% waning
Solunar · computed updated 5:26 AM
Nearby gauges
These sit on connected water, not on Lake Pontchartrain itself.
- Second stretch USGS 302144090052401 updated 4:30 AM
What this means
Redfish
87°F is above the comfortable band. Fish deep water and the first hour of light.
Work deep.
Lake Pontchartrain water level today
0.131 ft above MLLW down 0.14 ft in 24 hours
That sits 74% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between -1.08 and 0.55 ft. Over the week it is up0.45ft.
07-28 -1.08–0.55 ft 08-06
USGS 8761927 updated 5:18 AM
The week ahead
| Fri | 7 | Good | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 6 | Decent | |
| Sun | 6 | Decent | |
| Mon | 6 | Decent | |
| Tue | 7 | Good | |
| Wed | 7 | Good | |
| Thu | 7 | Good |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A LA fishing license covers this water. The state agency sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Nearby waters today
- 6 Decent Navarre Pier FL · 282 km
- 6 Decent Sam Rayburn Reservoir TX · 399 km
- 4 Fair Galveston TX · 459 km
- 6 Decent Port Aransas TX · 719 km
- 6 Decent Lake Travis TX · 750 km
Questions people ask about Lake Pontchartrain
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 Lake Pontchartrain.
- Is it worth fishing Lake Pontchartrain today?
- 4 out of 10 — fair. Worth a short trip. The strongest stretch is 6:01 AM–8:01 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level and the water temperature.
- What time should you fish Lake Pontchartrain?
- Today's major windows run 6:01 AM–8:01 AM and 6:30 PM–8:30 PM, with minor windows at 1:46 PM–2:46 PM. Sunrise is 6:22 AM and sunset 7:49 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Lake Pontchartrain?
- 87.1°F, read at 5:18 AM from NOAA CO-OPS station 8761927. That is 0.2 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago.
- What is the water level at Lake Pontchartrain right now?
- 0.131 ft above MLLW, read at 5:18 AM from NOAA CO-OPS station 8761927. Over 24 hours it is down 0.14 ft.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Lake Pontchartrain?
- That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. LA publishes fish consumption advisories through its health or environmental agency, and those are the ones that count. We give no eating advice.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 5:26 AM
- NOAA KNEW New Orleans, New Orleans Lakefront Airport 5:10 AM
- NOAA LIX gridded forecast 1:57 AM
- NOAA CO-OPS 8761927 New Canal Station 5:18 AM
Der See ist brackig und tidebeeinflusst, läuft also über CO-OPS statt über einen Flusspegel. New Canal Station liegt am Südufer und misst auch die Wassertemperatur.
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