Ketchum Lake

Jackson County, WI

MAYBEConfidence · Low
Best bite window
Now → 6 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

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

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Ketchum Lake in Jackson County, WI is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 2 PM to 6 PM (America/Chicago). 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 3 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 7 mph, surface pressure near 985 hPa on a rising 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 overcast. Confidence in this read is low; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:10 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, 11:10 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

SW · gust 7

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
75°F

24°C · hum 39%

Pressure
29.09inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Now → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 46°F
    3 mph · SWgust 7
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.5 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 57°F
    3 mph · SEgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.3 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 61°F
    7 mph · Wgust 28
    0.09 in
    ↓ -4.3 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 68°F
    4 mph · NEgust 33
    0.43 in
    ↓ -4.9 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    93° / 70°F
    7 mph · SEgust 23
    0.04 in
    ↓ -0.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 64°F
    4 mph · NEgust 15
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.5 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 61°F
    6 mph · SEgust 27
    0.92 in
    ↓ -2.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+7.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
6 mph · gust 29 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-10.6°F over 72h86–48°F range

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

Nearby waters

Weather data by Open-Meteo — CC BY 4.0. Fishing Weather derives the fishing read.