Waters · Lakes · TN · Mon, Aug 24

How's the bite at South Holston Lake today? 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
Minor
2:38 AM–3:38 AM
Moonset
Major
9:49 AM–11:49 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
5:52 PM–6:52 PM
Moonrise
Major
10:13 PM–12:13 AM
Moon overhead

Sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 8:07 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:37 AM–12:37 PM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 4:37 AM

Conditions right now

Water level
1726.89ft
-0.34 ft in 24h
NOAA NWPS SHDT1 updated 4:00 AM
Pressure
30.07inHg
rising · +1 hPa/12h
NOAA KVJI updated 4:15 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KVJI updated 4:15 AM
Moon
88% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 4:37 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.

South Holston Lake water level today

1726.89 ft down 0.34 ft in 24 hours

That sits 1% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1726.88 and 1728.09 ft. Over the week it is down1.14ft.

08-16 1726.88–1728.09 ft 08-24
NOAA NWPS SHDT1 updated 4:00 AM

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 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

Questions people ask about South Holston 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 South Holston Lake.

Is it worth fishing South Holston Lake today?
5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 9:49 AM–11:49 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish South Holston Lake?
Today's major windows run 9:49 AM–11:49 AM and 10:13 PM–12:13 AM, with minor windows at 2:38 AM–3:38 AM and 5:52 PM–6:52 PM. Sunrise is 6:53 AM and sunset 8:07 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at South Holston Lake?
No gauge on South Holston 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 South Holston Lake right now?
1726.89 ft, read at 4:00 AM from NOAA NWPS station SHDT1. Over 24 hours it is down 0.34 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in South Holston 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 South Holston Lake?
Yes. A Tennessee fishing license covers this water, required from age 13. TWRA sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Tennessee license costs, and who is exempt

Where these numbers come from

The South Fork Holston River above South Holston Dam, read by the Tennessee Valley Authority and republished by NOAA. The lake reaches north into Virginia, but the dam and the gauge sit in Tennessee. 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.