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Reservoir Cave Run Lake (Kentucky) — a spot well known among anglers. About 35.3 km² in area. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for largemouth bass at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points.
The longest fetch is 9 mi along the north — south axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Cave Run Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 61 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.
Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0.00 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Black crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +59°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Cave Run Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.
Kentucky: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White crappie | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active |
| Black crappie | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
| Striped bass | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Largemouth bass | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Muskellunge | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Walleye | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow |
| White bass | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Blue catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Flathead catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Spotted bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
Biting
Fish in 2 of 2 reports · Mostly White crappie
Anglers have logged 2 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: White crappie, Flathead catfish. Peak season: January–April.
Measured river conditions are available for Cave Run Lake: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge CAVE RUN LAKE NEAR FARMERS, KY, 9 mi away · measured 2026-10-20 23:05 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision