Waters · Lakes · OK · Mon, Aug 24

How's the bite at Kaw Lake today? On fire — mid-morning is your stretch.

Drop everything. Go.

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

8/10
On fire

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Minor
2:39 AM–3:39 AM
Moonset
Major
9:50 AM–11:50 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
5:54 PM–6:54 PM
Moonrise
Major
10:14 PM–12:14 AM
Moon overhead

Sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 8:06 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:38 AM–12:38 PM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 3:22 PM

Conditions right now

Water level
1009.34ft
-0.02 ft in 24h
USACE Kaw Lake updated 3:00 PM
Flow
1407cfs
USACE Kaw Lake updated 3:00 PM
Pressure
29.88inHg
falling · -2.03 hPa/12h
NOAA KPNC updated 3:10 PM
Wind
10mph E
NOAA KPNC updated 3:10 PM
Moon
88% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 3:22 PM

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.

Kaw Lake water level today

1009.34 ft above NGVD-29 down 0.02 ft in 24 hours

That sits 6% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1009.3 and 1010 ft. Over the week it is down0.42ft.

08-16 1009.30–1010.00 ft 08-24
USACE Kaw Lake updated 3:00 PM

The week ahead

Tue 7 Biting
Wed 6 Biting
Thu 7 Biting
Fri 6 Biting
Sat 6 Biting
Sun 6 Biting
Mon 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 Kaw 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 Kaw Lake.

Is it worth fishing Kaw Lake today?
8 out of 10 — on fire. Drop everything. Go. The strongest stretch is 9:50 AM–11:50 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Kaw Lake?
Today's major windows run 9:50 AM–11:50 AM and 10:14 PM–12:14 AM, with minor windows at 2:39 AM–3:39 AM and 5:54 PM–6:54 PM. Sunrise is 6:52 AM and sunset 8:06 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Kaw Lake?
No gauge on Kaw 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 Kaw Lake right now?
1009.34 ft above NGVD-29, read at 3:00 PM from the Kaw Lake gauge run by the USACE. Over 24 hours it is down 0.02 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Kaw 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 Kaw Lake?
Yes. A Oklahoma fishing license covers this water, required from age 18. ODWC sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Oklahoma license costs, and who is exempt

Where these numbers come from

Held by Kaw Dam on the Arkansas River near Ponca City, read by the Corps of Engineers. Conservation pool is 1,010 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.