Waters · Lakes · MO · Mon, Aug 17

How's the bite at Truman Lake today? Picky — get there by six.

Work for it.

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

5/10
Picky

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
3:51 AM–5:51 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
11:22 AM–12:22 PM
Moonrise
Major
4:14 PM–6:14 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
9:57 PM–10:57 PM
Moonset

Sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 8:04 PM · tomorrow's first major 4:36 AM–6:36 AM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 4:24 AM

Conditions right now

Water level
705.62ft
+0.1 ft in 24h
USGS 06922440 updated 3:45 AM
Pressure
30.09inHg
rising · +2.03 hPa/12h
NOAA KDMO updated 4:10 AM
Wind
6mph NNW
NOAA KDMO updated 4:10 AM
Moon
27% 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.

Truman Lake water level today

705.62 ft up 0.10 ft in 24 hours

That sits 37% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 705.38 and 706.03 ft. Over the week it is down0.33ft.

08-09 705.38–706.03 ft 08-17
USGS 06922440 updated 3:45 AM

The week ahead

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

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?
5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 3:51 AM–5:51 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 3:51 AM–5:51 AM and 4:14 PM–6:14 PM, with minor windows at 11:22 AM–12:22 PM and 9:57 PM–10:57 PM. Sunrise is 6:30 AM and sunset 8:04 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 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 Truman Lake right now?
705.62 ft, read at 3:45 AM from USGS station 06922440. Over 24 hours it is up 0.10 ft.
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.

What a Missouri permit costs, and who is exempt

Where these numbers come from

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.