Waters · Lakes · OK · Fri, Oct 30

How's the bite at Eufaula Lake today? Picky — save your energy for the evening.

Work for it.

Built from solunar, pressure, 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
4:08 AM–6:08 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
12:20 PM–1:20 PM
Moonset
Major
4:39 PM–6:39 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
10:02 PM–11:02 PM
Moonrise

Sunrise 7:41 AM · sunset 6:28 PM · tomorrow's first major 5:10 AM–7:10 AM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 9:47 AM

Conditions right now

Water temp estimated
≈67.6°F
7-day mean of air temperature, ±4.5°F typical
computed from NOAA KMKO updated 9:20 AM
Pressure
30.19inHg
rising · +1.35 hPa/12h
NOAA KMKO updated 9:20 AM
Moon
74% waning
Solunar · computed updated 9:47 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.

The week ahead

Sat 7 Biting
Sun 6 Biting
Mon 6 Biting
Tue 6 Biting
Wed 6 Biting
Thu 5 Picky
Fri 6 Biting

Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.

Before you go

A Oklahoma fishing license covers this water — $31 a year for residents. ODWC sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What it costs, and who is exempt →

Nearby waters today

Questions people ask about Eufaula 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 Eufaula Lake.

Is it worth fishing Eufaula Lake today?
5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. 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.
What time should you fish Eufaula Lake?
Today's major windows run 4:08 AM–6:08 AM and 4:39 PM–6:39 PM, with minor windows at 12:20 PM–1:20 PM and 10:02 PM–11:02 PM. Sunrise is 7:41 AM and sunset 6:28 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Eufaula Lake?
No gauge on Eufaula Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 67.6°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KMKO (Muskogee-Davis Regional 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.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Eufaula Lake?
That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. OK 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 Eufaula Lake?
Yes. A Oklahoma fishing license covers this water, required from age 18. ODWC sets the rules and is the one that counts.

Where these numbers come from

Oklahoma's largest lake, held by Eufaula Dam on the Canadian River and read by the Corps of Engineers. Normal pool is 585 ft. 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.