Water level
1008.81ft
-0.09 ft in 24h
NOAA NWPS NRST1 updated 10:00 AM
Waters · Lakes · TN · Wed, Oct 7
Norris Lake water level today 1008.81 ft, falling
Bite index 5/10 — Picky — mid-morning is your stretch.
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
Minor
3:52 AM–4:52 AM
Moonrise
Major
10:04 AM–12:04 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
5:06 PM–6:06 PM
Moonset
Major
10:28 PM–12:28 AM
Moon underfoot
Sunrise 7:36 AM · sunset 7:11 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:50 AM–12:50 PM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 11:01 AM
Conditions right now
Water temp estimated
≈65.9°F
7-day mean of air temperature, ±4.5°F typical
computed from NOAA KJAU updated 10:10 AM
Pressure
30.08inHg
rising · +1.35 hPa/12h
NOAA KJAU updated 10:10 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KJAU updated 10:10 AM
Moon
10% waning
Solunar · computed updated 11:01 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.
Norris Lake level over the last 8 days
1008.81 ft down 0.09 ft in 24 hours
That sits 3% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1008.77 and 1009.98 ft. Over the week it is down1.02ft.
09-29 1008.77–1009.98 ft 10-07
NOAA NWPS NRST1 updated 10:00 AM
The week ahead
| Thu | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 6 | Biting | |
| Sat | 7 | Biting | |
| Sun | 7 | Biting | |
| Mon | 6 | Biting | |
| Tue | 6 | Biting | |
| Wed | 5 | Picky |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
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 Melton Hill Lake TN · 42 km
- 5 Picky Fort Loudoun Lake TN · 50 km
- 5 Picky Cherokee Lake TN · 54 km
- 6 Biting Rough River Lake KY · 264 km
- 6 Biting Provo River UT · 2423 km
Questions people ask about Norris 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 Norris Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Norris Lake today?
- 5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 10:04 AM–12:04 PM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Norris Lake?
- Today's major windows run 10:04 AM–12:04 PM and 10:28 PM–12:28 AM, with minor windows at 3:52 AM–4:52 AM and 5:06 PM–6:06 PM. Sunrise is 7:36 AM and sunset 7:11 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Norris Lake?
- No gauge on Norris Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 65.9°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KJAU (Jacksboro Campbell County 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 Norris Lake right now?
- 1008.81 ft, read at 10:00 AM from NOAA NWPS station NRST1. Over 24 hours it is down 0.09 ft.
- Are water levels rising or falling at Norris Lake?
- Falling. The lake is down 0.09 ft in 24 hours and down 1.02 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 1008.77 and 1009.98 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 Norris 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 Norris 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 11:01 AM
- NOAA KJAU Jacksboro Campbell County Airport 10:10 AM
- NOAA MRX gridded forecast 7:06 AM
- NOAA NWPS NRST1 Clinch River above Norris Dam · data from TVA 10:00 AM
The Clinch River above Norris Dam, read by the Tennessee Valley Authority and republished by NOAA. Full summer pool is about 1,020 ft. No temperature sensor at the gauge, 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.