Waters · Lakes · OK · Mon, Aug 24

How's the bite at Lake Thunderbird today? Biting — fish it after dark.

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
Minor
2:45 AM–3:45 AM
Moonset
Major
9:51 AM–11:51 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
5:50 PM–6:50 PM
Moonrise
Major
10:16 PM–12:16 AM
Moon overhead

Sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 8:06 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:40 AM–12:40 PM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 3:23 PM

Conditions right now

Water level
1037.12ft
-0.02 ft in 24h
USACE Lake Thunderbird updated 2:30 PM
Pressure
29.85inHg
falling · -1.05 hPa/12h
NOAA KTIK updated 2:55 PM
Wind
9mph W
NOAA KTIK updated 2:55 PM
Moon
88% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 3:23 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.

Lake Thunderbird water level today

1037.12 ft above NGVD-29 down 0.02 ft in 24 hours

That sits 4% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1037.11 and 1037.38 ft. Over the week it is down0.22ft.

08-16 1037.11–1037.38 ft 08-24
USACE Lake Thunderbird updated 2:30 PM

The week ahead

Tue 6 Biting
Wed 6 Biting
Thu 6 Biting
Fri 7 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 Lake Thunderbird

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 Thunderbird.

Is it worth fishing Lake Thunderbird today?
7 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 9:51 AM–11:51 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Lake Thunderbird?
Today's major windows run 9:51 AM–11:51 AM and 10:16 PM–12:16 AM, with minor windows at 2:45 AM–3:45 AM and 5:50 PM–6:50 PM. Sunrise is 6:55 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 Lake Thunderbird?
No gauge on Lake Thunderbird 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 Lake Thunderbird right now?
1037.12 ft above NGVD-29, read at 2:30 PM from the Lake Thunderbird gauge run by the USACE. Over 24 hours it is down 0.02 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Lake Thunderbird?
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 Lake Thunderbird?
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 Norman Dam on the Little River, read by the Corps of Engineers. Conservation pool is 1,039 ft. Locals call it the Dirty Bird for its permanent stain. 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.