Live pool levels for the great reservoirs of Oklahoma — the USACE Tulsa District, the Grand River Dam Authority & the Bureau of Reclamation lakes — running across the state. Every tube shows the normal full pool, the current level, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Several western Oklahoma lakes sit in drought — the water reads below the gold full-pool line. Scroll down for the Lower Illinois trout tailwater, the catfish rivers, the Illinois River float water, and the river-bottom duck water.
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Cold water pulled from deep in the reservoirs keeps stocked rainbows alive below two Oklahoma dams — the Lower Illinois River below Tenkiller and the Lower Mountain Fork below Broken Bow (Beavers Bend). It's release-driven: the cylinder shows live dam discharge (cfs) — low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.
Light generation runs cool and wadeable; big releases above a couple thousand cfs run fast and cold. Always check dam releases before wading.
Oklahoma is trophy blue catfish country — the Arkansas River through Tulsa and the Red River along the Texas line give up giants, along with flathead & channel cats. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA, with the action and flood stages marked. Rising, off-color water after a rain turns the cats on. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.
Oklahoma's scenic float water — the spring-clear Illinois River at Tahlequah, the Mountain Fork through Beavers Bend, and the Kiamichi — prime smallmouth water and the state's classic canoe runs. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT (minimum floatable), EXPERT (high water) and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.
The Illinois below Tenkiller floats nearly year-round on dam releases; the Mountain Fork & Kiamichi are flashier and drop in drought.
From the Verdigris and Deep Fork bottoms to the North Canadian, Oklahoma's duck country is flooded river-bottom timber and bottomland sloughs. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA, with WOODS (water spreading into the timber) and HUNT (good duck water) marked. Hover a duck for the species; tap it for a guide.
Bottoms flood into the timber as the rivers climb toward action stage; a dry fall leans on rain to put water in the woods.