Dark Lake

Koochiching County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Thu · Jul 23, 7 PM → 11 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Dark Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system 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 Dark Lake in Koochiching County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 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 southwest, gusting to 16 mph, surface pressure near 967 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 79 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. 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 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
79°F

26°C · hum 35%

Pressure
28.56inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 57°F
    7 mph · SWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 64°F
    8 mph · SWgust 37
    1.76 in
    ↓ -7.5 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 63°F
    4 mph · Wgust 17
    0.01 in
    ↑ +5.3 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 59°F
    4 mph · SEgust 31
    0.11 in
    ↓ -7.4 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 63°F
    4 mph · NEgust 28
    0.02 in
    ↑ +4.8 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 55°F
    4 mph · Egust 20
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 59°F
    7 mph · Sgust 29
    0.15 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+12.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 34 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-14.6°F over 72h81–46°F range

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

Nearby waters

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