Chara Lake

Iron County, MI

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 4 PM (America/Menominee)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Chara Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Watch a front passing through and pressure swinging. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Chara Lake in Iron County, MI is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 12 PM to 4 PM (America/Menominee). The main factor in its favor is dry conditions across the window, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 7 mph out of the west, gusting to 12 mph, surface pressure near 961 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 75 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather alone; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED July 23, 2026, 11:42 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

W · gust 12

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
75°F

24°C · hum 40%

Pressure
28.38inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

One read per day — the bite call, the window, the weather behind it

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Now → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 46°F
    7 mph · Wgust 18
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.6 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 57°F
    6 mph · SWgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.4 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 61°F
    6 mph · NWgust 35
    0.07 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 64°F
    3 mph · SWgust 19
    0.10 in
    ↓ -1.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 63°F
    4 mph · Ngust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.3 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 59°F
    4 mph · NWgust 25
    0.05 in
    ↑ +7.1 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 55°F
    3 mph · Sgust 27
    0.06 in
    ↓ -2.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+7.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.10 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 35 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-17.8°F over 72h90–46°F range

Weather-only read. Confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

Nearby waters

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