Chip Lake

Schoolcraft County, MI

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Thu · Jul 23, 9 PM → 1 AM (America/Detroit)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Chip Lake — light winds and dry conditions across the window 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 Chip Lake in Schoolcraft County, MI is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 9 PM to 1 AM (America/Detroit). 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 southwest, gusting to 20 mph, surface pressure near 991 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 61 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:09 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, 11:09 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 20

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
61°F

16°C · hum 79%

Pressure
29.26inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 50°F
    8 mph · SWgust 21
    0.00 in
    → +0.8 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 57°F
    6 mph · Sgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.1 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 63°F
    7 mph · SWgust 31
    0.08 in
    ↓ -5.0 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 61°F
    4 mph · Ngust 14
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 59°F
    4 mph · Wgust 16
    0.22 in
    ↓ -5.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 54°F
    12 mph · Ngust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.7 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 52°F
    4 mph · Ngust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+5.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.44 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 40 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-7.6°F over 72h73–50°F range

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

Nearby waters

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Chip Lake Fishing Forecast - 7-Day Windows (MI)