Balsam Lake

Lake County, MN

GOConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
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Main reason
falling pressure ahead of a system
Main risk
a front passing through

GO on Balsam Lake — light winds and falling pressure ahead of a system for this window. Watch a front passing through. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Next forecast window
MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, Now → 8 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Balsam Lake in Lake County, MN is GO. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was falling pressure ahead of a system, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 6 mph out of the west, gusting to 14 mph; surface pressure near 954 hPa on a falling trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 61 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:18 PM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED September 10, 2026, 1:18 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

W · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
61°F

16°C · hum 59%

Pressure
28.17inHg

Falling

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    GO
    A front passing through
    70° / 48°F
    6 mph · Wgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 59°F
    9 mph · SWgust 42
    0.31 in
    ↓ -8.9 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    14 mph · NWgust 33
    0.33 in
    ↑ +13.9 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    6 mph · NWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.1 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    55° / 39°F
    4 mph · Egust 29
    0.62 in
    unstable
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    3 PM → 7 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    54° / 46°F
    7 mph · NWgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↑ +19.2 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    9 AM → 1 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    4 mph · Sgust 7
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Falling
-5.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.04 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
8 mph · gust 37 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-5.4°F over 72h73–55°F range

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

Nearby waters

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Balsam Lake Fishing Forecast - 7-Day Windows (MN)