Water level
1378.1ft
-0.23 ft in 24h
NOAA NWPS BOOT1 updated 9:00 AM
Waters · Lakes · TN · Wed, Sep 30
Boone Lake water level today 1378.1 ft, falling
Bite index 5/10 — Picky — save your energy for the evening.
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
10Peak 9 8Strong 7 6Good 5 4Slow 3 2 1Dead
Major
3:16 AM–5:16 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
11:24 AM–12:24 PM
Moonset
Major
3:46 PM–5:46 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
9:03 PM–10:03 PM
Moonrise
Sunrise 7:24 AM · sunset 7:14 PM · tomorrow's first major 4:16 AM–6:16 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 10:30 AM
Conditions right now
Water temp estimated
≈59.7°F
7-day mean of air temperature, ±4.5°F typical
computed from NOAA KTRI updated 10:15 AM
Pressure
30.18inHg
rising · +2.37 hPa/12h
NOAA KTRI updated 10:15 AM
Wind
3mph E
NOAA KTRI updated 10:15 AM
Moon
81% waning
Solunar · computed updated 10:30 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.
Boone Lake level over the last 8 days
1378.1 ft down 0.23 ft in 24 hours
That sits 13% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1377.91 and 1379.36 ft. Over the week it is down1.02ft.
09-22 1377.91–1379.36 ft 09-30
NOAA NWPS BOOT1 updated 9:00 AM
The week ahead
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 7 | Biting | |
| Sat | 6 | Biting | |
| Sun | 6 | Biting | |
| Mon | 6 | Biting | |
| Tue | 5 | Picky | |
| Wed | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Boone Lake boat ramps and public fishing access
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency lists 9 public access points on Boone Lake. These are the 8 closest to our gauge — the farthest one the agency lists sits 7.0 mi away.
- Boone Dam 0.6 miRamps: 3Launch lanes: 3Ramp surface: ConcreteBoat size: All VesselsCourtesy dock: YesRestrooms: YesParking: PavedFee: No
- Airport Ramp 3.0 miRamps: 1Launch lanes: 1Ramp surface: ConcreteAccessible parking: YesParking: Gravel
- Pickens Bridge 3.7 miRamps: 1Launch lanes: 1Ramp surface: ConcreteBoat size: All VesselsAccessible parking: YesParking: PavedFee: No
- Devault Bridge 4.5 miRamps: 1Launch lanes: 1Ramp surface: ConcreteAccessible parking: YesParking: Paved
- Sugar Hollow Access 4.7 miRamps: 1Ramp surface: ConcreteParking: GravelFee: No
- Winged Deer Park 5.1 mi
- Hwy 11E (New Devault Bridge) 5.5 miRamps: 1Launch lanes: 2Ramp surface: ConcreteCourtesy dock: YesAccessible parking: YesParking: Paved
- Hwy 11E (New Devault Bridge) 5.5 miRamps: 1Launch lanes: 2Ramp surface: ConcreteBoat size: All VesselsCourtesy dock: YesFishing pier: YesAccessible parking: YesParking: PavedFee: No
Access data from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Distances are straight-line from our gauge, not driving distance.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency · public access inventory
Before you go
A Tennessee fishing license covers this water — $33 a year for residents. TWRA sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 5 Picky Watauga Lake TN · 31 km
- 5 Picky South Holston Lake TN · 32 km
- 5 Picky Martins Fork Lake KY · 81 km
- 4 Picky Chatuge Lake NC · 200 km
- 7 Biting Canton Lake OK · 1448 km
Questions people ask about Boone 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 Boone Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Boone Lake today?
- 5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 3:16 AM–5:16 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Boone Lake?
- Today's major windows run 3:16 AM–5:16 AM and 3:46 PM–5:46 PM, with minor windows at 11:24 AM–12:24 PM and 9:03 PM–10:03 PM. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 7:14 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Boone Lake?
- No gauge on Boone Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 59.7°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KTRI (Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport, Tri-City 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.
- What is the water level at Boone Lake right now?
- 1378.1 ft, read at 9:00 AM from NOAA NWPS station BOOT1. Over 24 hours it is down 0.23 ft.
- Are water levels rising or falling at Boone Lake?
- Falling. The lake is down 0.23 ft in 24 hours and down 1.02 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 1377.91 and 1379.36 ft. Every figure here is a difference between two gauge readings, not a forecast — what the level does next depends on rain and on what the dam releases.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Boone Lake?
- That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. TN 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 Boone Lake?
- Yes. A Tennessee fishing license covers this water, required from age 13. TWRA sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 10:30 AM
- NOAA KTRI Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport, Tri-City Regional Airport 10:15 AM
- NOAA MRX gridded forecast 7:06 AM
- NOAA NWPS BOOT1 South Fork Holston River above Boone Dam · data from Tennessee Valley Authority 9:00 AM
The South Fork Holston above Boone Dam, read by the Tennessee Valley Authority and republished by NOAA. USGS has no gauge on the lake. No temperature sensor, so the depth calls stay open.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.