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Brookville Lake Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Indiana’s clear-water anomaly: Brookville hides walleye, smallmouth and true striped bass in Whitewater Valley hill country.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Lake level
746.66 ft
Air / High
68 / 68 F
Wind
ENE 6 mph

Sources: USGS gauge 03275990, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Brookville Lake sits in the sweet spot of the season: active fish and workable weather. The gauge reads 746.66 ft, easing 1.27 over the week. Today brings clear skies, wind ENE around 6 mph, steady pressure near 1025 hPa and a high of 68. Water sits around 74 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 10:15 AM-12:15 PM and 10:44 PM-12:44 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Largemouth bassGood

The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Hybrid striped bassFair

Look for shad on flats with timber near creek channels and on windblown points; cast jigs and swimbaits where fish break the surface.

CrappieFair

Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

Tomorrow: Similar at 68 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Before you go

Indiana requires a fishing licence, from $23.00 for residents. What a Indiana licence costs and where to buy it →

Chasing largemouth bass here? Check the size and bag limits with DNR before you keep anything. The season dates for Indiana, read off the agency, are on the Indiana seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings from BROOKVILLE LAKE AT BROOKVILLE, IN.

Water level, last 30 days

USGS gauge 03275990.

747.06747.81748.55746.66 ft09/2310/0310/1310/23

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp68 F
High / Low68 / 39 F
WindENE 6-9 mph
Pressure1025.0 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain3% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:58 / 18:49
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~74 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Brookville Lake this week

The best day on Brookville Lake this week looks like Saturday Oct 24, at 5 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Saturday, Oct 24 — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 — Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
10:15 AM-12:15 PM and 10:44 PM-12:44 AM
Minor period
4:37 AM-5:37 AM
Sun
07:58 to 18:49
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 8 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Brookville Lake: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: the spring pre-spawn and the fall feed

A warm-water sunfish of lakes, reservoirs, ponds and slow river backwaters that holds tight to cover: weeds, logs, rock ledges and docks. In Texas, TPWD surveys rank it "by far" the freshwater fish anglers most want to catch. The main feeding season after the spawn: work moving baits along weed edges, points and wood, and follow up with a soft plastic where a fish swirls.

Hybrid striped bass illustration

Hybrid striped bass

Best: the spring shad spawn and fall; summer at dawn and dusk

A hatchery cross of striped bass and white bass, also called wiper or palmetto bass, stocked by state agencies into reservoirs and rivers as a sport fish that also eats gizzard shad. Schools roam open water after shad. Look for shad on flats with timber near creek channels and on windblown points; cast jigs and swimbaits where fish break the surface.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Year-round, best at dusk and after dark

Three big catfish share most of the country's rivers and reservoirs: the channel catfish, the most widespread; the blue catfish, the largest; and the flathead, which hunts live fish. All feed mostly on or near the bottom. Spawning season from late May into summer: Iowa DNR suggests drifting bait under a float along riprap and snags where males guard nests in cavities.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: the spring spawn; summer around docks, brush and the thermocline

Two slab-sided panfish, the white crappie and the black crappie, that gather around submerged timber, brush piles, docks and bridge pilings in lakes, reservoirs and slow river backwaters. Texas Parks and Wildlife counts crappie as the state's most popular panfish. Early in this band crappie are spawning in protected coves; afterward they move to docks, brush piles and standing timber near deeper water.

When to come: the Brookville Lake calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
Hybrid striped bass
Catfish (blue, channel)
Crappie
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 74 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~74 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Brookville Lake today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Largemouth bass led the card at good. High of 69 F, wind to 5 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Largemouth bass led the card at good. High of 71 F, wind to 4 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Largemouth bass led the card at good. High of 70 F, wind to 4 mph.

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Before you go

License

Indiana requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Indiana license. Walleye 16-inch minimum typical, stripers within striped-bass limits: check current DNR rules. Trout stamp for the tailwater.

Access

Mounds SRA and Quakertown SRA ramps, Garr Hill and Bonwell Hill launches, tailwater access below the dam.

About this water

A 5,260-acre Corps reservoir on the East Fork Whitewater River, Franklin and Union counties, Indiana: clear-water walleye and striper fishery.

Fishing Brookville Lake: the full guide

The unexpected lake

Brookville drops 5,260 unusually clear acres into the Whitewater River valley of southeastern Indiana: the state’s closest thing to a highland reservoir. The clarity supports what flatland Indiana rarely offers: a real walleye program (stocked since the 70s), smallmouth on the rocky banks, pure striped bass cruising open water, plus the standard crappie-largemouth-catfish ledger. Cincinnati and Indianapolis both sit an hour away, and the lake absorbs the pressure with depth.

Walleye and stripers

Walleye stage on the points and old roadbeds: troll crankbaits over 15-25 feet at dusk from May, jig the deeper humps in summer, and hit the riprap at night in April. The stripers (a rarity this far north inland) chase shad over the main basin: live shad or big flukes under the birds early, trolled umbrella-lite rigs when they sound. Fish past twenty pounds patrol here.

Smallmouth and the panfish economy

The lower lake’s rock bluffs and gravel points fish like a Tennessee highland lake in miniature: Ned rigs, jerkbaits and topwater at dawn for smallmouth to four pounds. Crappie hold the flooded timber of the upper third (Garr Hill north): spider rigs in spring, deep brush in summer. Below the dam, the Whitewater tailwater adds a bonus: stocked trout and pushy smallmouth in the cold current.

Two-state logistics

Mounds and Quakertown state recreation areas anchor each end with ramps, camps and beaches: several smaller launches between. Clarity means the lake skis hard on summer weekends: fish early, or hide in the timber arms. The tailwater and the town of Brookville’s old-canal charm round out the trip: Metamora’s historic district is ten minutes.

Common questions

Are the stripers really pure stripers?

Yes: Brookville is one of Indiana’s few pure striped bass fisheries, maintained by stocking: open-water shad chasers to twenty-plus pounds.

When do walleye bite best?

April nights on the riprap and May-June dusk trolling: summer fish go deep but keep eating for the electronics-equipped.

Is the tailwater worth a stop?

A legitimate bonus fishery: seasonal trout stockings and smallmouth in the cold releases: many locals fish only there.

Is fishing good at Brookville Lake right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Caesar Creek Lake50 miGeist Reservoir58 miWhite River66 miLicking River67 miGrand Lake St Marys75 miLake Monroe83 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

River and reservoir readings
USGS 03275990 — BROOKVILLE LAKE AT BROOKVILLE, IN
Read from the USGS Water Data API (api.waterdata.usgs.gov). Latest value timestamped 2026-10-23 at 18:45 UTC.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 39.5070, -84.9948 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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