Waters · Lakes · PA · Mon, Aug 24

How's the bite at Raystown Lake today? Biting — mid-morning is your stretch.

Worth a cast.

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

6/10
Biting

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Minor
2:07 AM–3:07 AM
Moonset
Major
9:32 AM–11:32 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
5:48 PM–6:48 PM
Moonrise
Major
9:56 PM–11:56 PM
Moon overhead

Sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:56 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:20 AM–12:20 PM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 4:22 PM

Conditions right now

Water level
786.5ft
+0.1 ft in 24h
USACE Raystown Lake updated 4:00 PM
Flow
552cfs
USACE Raystown Lake updated 3:30 PM
Pressure
30.01inHg
rising · +1.69 hPa/12h
NOAA KAOO updated 4:05 PM
Wind
9mph W
NOAA KAOO updated 4:05 PM
Moon
88% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 4:22 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.

Raystown Lake water level today

786.5 ft above OTHER up 0.10 ft in 24 hours

That sits 100% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 786.28 and 786.5 ft. Over the week it is up0.12ft.

08-16 786.28–786.50 ft 08-24
USACE Raystown Lake updated 4:00 PM

The week ahead

Tue 6 Biting
Wed 6 Biting
Thu 6 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 Pennsylvania fishing license covers this water — $27.97 a year for residents. PFBC sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What it costs, and who is exempt →

Nearby waters today

Questions people ask about Raystown 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 Raystown Lake.

Is it worth fishing Raystown Lake today?
6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 9:32 AM–11:32 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Raystown Lake?
Today's major windows run 9:32 AM–11:32 AM and 9:56 PM–11:56 PM, with minor windows at 2:07 AM–3:07 AM and 5:48 PM–6:48 PM. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:56 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Raystown Lake?
No gauge on Raystown 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 Raystown Lake right now?
786.5 ft above OTHER, read at 4:00 PM from the Raystown Lake gauge run by the USACE. Over 24 hours it is up 0.10 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Raystown Lake?
That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. PA 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 Raystown Lake?
Yes. A Pennsylvania fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. PFBC sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Pennsylvania license costs, and who is exempt

Where these numbers come from

Pennsylvania's largest lake wholly inside the state, held by Raystown Dam on the Juniata and read by the Corps of Engineers. Conservation pool is 786 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.