Bensen Lake

Polk County, MN

GOConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 9 AM → 1 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
falling pressure ahead of a system
Main risk
a front passing through

GO on Bensen 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).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Bensen Lake in Polk County, MN is GO, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 9 AM to 1 PM (America/Chicago). The main factor in its favor is falling pressure ahead of a system, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 6 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 19 mph, surface pressure near 960 hPa on a falling trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 68 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this 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 alone; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

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

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SW · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
68°F

20°C · hum 75%

Pressure
28.35inHg

Falling

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 50°F
    12 mph · SWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.6 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    9 AM → 1 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    75° / 61°F
    6 mph · SWgust 33
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.0 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    10 mph · NWgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +13.0 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    64° / 46°F
    4 mph · NEgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.4 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    2 PM → 6 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    54° / 48°F
    7 mph · Sgust 35
    0.63 in
    ↓ -9.0 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    3 PM → 7 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    59° / 48°F
    7 mph · Ngust 24
    0.00 in
    ↑ +14.9 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    66° / 45°F
    5 mph · Sgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
-1.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.11 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 37 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-12.1°F over 72h81–55°F range

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

Nearby waters

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