Moosehead Lake

Piscataquis County, ME

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 7 PM → 11 PM (America/New_York)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Moosehead 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 Moosehead Lake in Piscataquis County, ME is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 7 PM to 11 PM (America/New_York). 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 24 mph, surface pressure near 974 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 52 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

W · gust 24

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
52°F

11°C · hum 66%

Pressure
28.76inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    72° / 54°F
    13 mph · Wgust 36
    0.26 in
    ↑ +1.2 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 46°F
    7 mph · Wgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +8.4 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 45°F
    3 mph · SWgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.6 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 50°F
    5 mph · Sgust 24
    0.41 in
    ↓ -4.9 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 43°F
    4 mph · NWgust 25
    0.02 in
    ↑ +14.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 41°F
    4 mph · SEgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 57°F
    4 mph · Sgust 16
    0.22 in
    ↑ +3.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
-6.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
8 mph · gust 33 · NW
Temperature
Warmer
+5.0°F over 72h73–41°F range

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

About Moosehead Lake

Moosehead Lake, in Piscataquis County, ME, is Maine's largest lake.

Surface area
74,890 acres
Max depth
246 ft
Managing agency
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Primary species: Brook trout, Landlocked salmon, Lake trout.

Nearby waters

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