Water level
1021.59ft
+0.07 ft in 24h
USGS 08179500 updated 12:00 AM
TX · Sun, Aug 2
How's the bite at Medina Lake today? Good — get there by six.
Solid window. Be on the water early.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
7/10
Good
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
3:26 AM–5:26 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
10:08 AM–11:08 AM
Moonset
Major
3:47 PM–5:47 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
10:19 PM–11:19 PM
Moonrise
Sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 8:27 PM · tomorrow's first major 4:09 AM–6:09 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 12:29 AM
Conditions right now
Pressure
29.9inHg
falling fast · -3.1 hPa/12h
NOAA KCVB updated 11:55 PM
Wind
6mph NNE
NOAA KCVB updated 11:55 PM
Moon
84% waning
Solunar · computed updated 12:29 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.
Medina Lake water level today
1021.59 ft up 0.07 ft in 24 hours
That sits 95% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1020.6 and 1021.64 ft. Over the week it is up0.79ft.
07-25 1020.60–1021.64 ft 08-02
USGS 08179500 updated 12:00 AM
The week ahead
| Mon | 5 | Decent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 6 | Decent | |
| Wed | 6 | Decent | |
| Thu | 7 | Good | |
| Fri | 6 | Decent | |
| Sat | 6 | Decent | |
| Sun | 6 | Decent |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A TX fishing license covers this water. The state agency sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Nearby waters today
- 7 Good Canyon Lake TX · 80 km
- 7 Good Lake Travis TX · 137 km
- 7 Good Lake Buchanan TX · 143 km
- 7 Good West Point Lake GA · 1359 km
- 9 On fire Rocky River NC · 1948 km
Questions people ask about Medina 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 Medina Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Medina Lake today?
- 7 out of 10 — good. Solid window. Be on the water early. The strongest stretch is 3:26 AM–5:26 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Medina Lake?
- Today's major windows run 3:26 AM–5:26 AM and 3:47 PM–5:47 PM, with minor windows at 10:08 AM–11:08 AM and 10:19 PM–11:19 PM. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset 8:27 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Medina Lake?
- No gauge on Medina 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 Medina Lake right now?
- 1021.59 ft, read at 12:00 AM from USGS station 08179500. Over 24 hours it is up 0.07 ft.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Medina Lake?
- That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Texas Department of State Health Services publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where an interactive viewer shows advisories and possession bans by waterbody. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.
- What size fish can you keep in TX?
- It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: red drum (redfish), spotted seatrout (speckled trout), black drum, southern flounder. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 12:29 AM
- NOAA KCVB Castroville Municipal Airport 11:55 PM
- NOAA EWX gridded forecast 11:56 PM
- USGS 08179500 Medina Lk nr San Antonio, TX 12:00 AM
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.