Chapek Lake

Polk County, MN

GOConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 10 AM → 2 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
falling pressure ahead of a system
Main risk
a front passing through

GO on Chapek 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 Chapek Lake in Polk County, MN is GO, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 10 AM to 2 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 west, gusting to 19 mph, surface pressure near 956 hPa on a falling trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 70 °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

W · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
70°F

21°C · hum 75%

Pressure
28.23inHg

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
    75° / 50°F
    11 mph · SWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.1 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    10 AM → 2 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    73° / 61°F
    6 mph · Wgust 31
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.8 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    7 PM → 11 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    7 mph · NWgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +13.3 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    64° / 45°F
    3 mph · NEgust 20
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.9 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    3 PM → 7 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    54° / 46°F
    7 mph · Sgust 36
    0.68 in
    ↓ -9.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    12 PM → 4 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    57° / 46°F
    7 mph · Ngust 23
    0.00 in
    ↑ +15.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    66° / 43°F
    6 mph · Sgust 14
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
-2.1 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.58 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 37 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-12.8°F over 72h79–54°F range

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

Nearby waters

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