Water level
705.22ft
-0.05 ft in 24h
USGS 06922440 updated 8:45 AM
Waters · Lakes · MO · Wed, Sep 30
Truman Lake water level today 705.22 ft, falling
Bite index 7/10 — Biting — get there by six.
Also known as Harry S. Truman Reservoir.
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
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
3:02 AM–5:02 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
11:16 AM–12:16 PM
Moonset
Major
3:32 PM–5:32 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
8:42 PM–9:42 PM
Moonrise
Sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 6:57 PM · tomorrow's first major 4:02 AM–6:02 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 9:27 AM
Conditions right now
Water temp estimated
≈66.2°F
7-day mean of air temperature, ±4.5°F typical
computed from NOAA KDMO updated 9:10 AM
Pressure
29.89inHg
steady · -0.34 hPa/12h
NOAA KDMO updated 9:10 AM
Wind
8mph S
NOAA KDMO updated 9:10 AM
Moon
81% waning
Solunar · computed updated 9:27 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.
Truman Lake level over the last 8 days
705.22 ft down 0.05 ft in 24 hours
That sits 0% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 705.22 and 705.38 ft. Over the week it is down0.14ft.
09-22 705.22–705.38 ft 09-30
USGS 06922440 updated 8:45 AM
The week ahead
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 7 | 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.
Before you go
A Missouri fishing permit covers this water — $14 a year for residents. MDC sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 7 Biting Table Rock Lake MO · 185 km
- 6 Biting Beaver Lake AR · 208 km
- 6 Biting Oologah Lake OK · 287 km
- 5 Picky Bighorn River MT · 1430 km
- 6 Biting Yellowstone River MT · 1629 km
Questions people ask about Truman 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 Truman Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Truman Lake today?
- 7 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 3:02 AM–5:02 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Truman Lake?
- Today's major windows run 3:02 AM–5:02 AM and 3:32 PM–5:32 PM, with minor windows at 11:16 AM–12:16 PM and 8:42 PM–9:42 PM. Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset 6:57 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Truman Lake?
- No gauge on Truman Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 66.2°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KDMO (Sedalia, Sedalia Memorial 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 Truman Lake right now?
- 705.22 ft, read at 8:45 AM from USGS station 06922440. Over 24 hours it is down 0.05 ft.
- Are water levels rising or falling at Truman Lake?
- Falling. The lake is down 0.05 ft in 24 hours and down 0.14 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 705.22 and 705.38 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 Truman Lake?
- That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. MO 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 Truman Lake?
- Yes. A Missouri fishing permit covers this water, required from age 16. MDC sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 9:27 AM
- NOAA KDMO Sedalia, Sedalia Memorial Airport 9:10 AM
- NOAA SGF gridded forecast 5:31 AM
- USGS 06922440 Harry S. Truman Dam and Res. at Warsaw, MO 8:45 AM
The gauge at Harry S. Truman Dam reads 705 ft — a pool elevation, not a river stage, which is how it was told apart from the Osage River gauge at the same town (27 ft). No water temperature at either, so this water runs partial.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.