Blacken Lake

Otter Tail County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Sat · Sep 12, 7 PM → 11 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Blacken Lake — light winds and dry conditions across the window 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 Blacken Lake in Otter Tail County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Sat, Sep 12 from 7 PM to 11 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 7 mph out of the north, gusting to 15 mph, surface pressure near 972 hPa on a steady 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 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
7mph

N · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
61°F

16°C · hum 38%

Pressure
28.70inHg

Steady

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
    81° / 50°F
    10 mph · Sgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.8 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 61°F
    10 mph · Sgust 36
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.7 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 54°F
    7 mph · Ngust 35
    0.00 in
    ↑ +14.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    4 mph · NEgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    1 PM → 5 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 52°F
    7 mph · SWgust 39
    0.17 in
    ↓ -6.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    11 mph · NWgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↑ +13.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 48°F
    6 mph · Egust 14
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+0.2 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 41 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-12.1°F over 72h86–57°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.