tailwater · trout · striped bass · white bass
Lower Illinois River (below Tenkiller)
Live conditions for Lower Illinois River (below Tenkiller): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
63cfs→ lowcaution
Inside the wade band, but 72°F is too warm for trout — stop; this is smallmouth water in this heat.
Water temp72.3°F
Stage6.48 ft
Engine callOFF 72°F — too warm for trout
The water
Lower Illinois River (below Tenkiller) is a tailwater in Oklahoma, fished for trout, striped bass, white bass, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass — rainbow. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutstriped basswhite basslargemouth basssmallmouth bassrainbow trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Tenkiller Dam Tailwater Pool (Powerhouse Access)walk in
- Lower Illinois River PFHA – Simp and Helen Watts Management Unitwalk in
- Illinois River USGS Gauge (near Gore) – Regulatory Landmark/Bank Accesswalk in
- Gravel Pit County Road Crossingbridge
- River Road Public Access Areawalk in
- Gore Landing (Summers Ferry Park) Boat Rampramp
- US Highway 64 Bridge near Gorebridge
- Tuff Boat Rampramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.