Fairbanks Lake

Mahnomen County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Thu · Jul 23, 8 PM → 12 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Fairbanks Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing 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 Fairbanks Lake in Mahnomen County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 8 PM to 12 AM (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 17 mph, surface pressure near 965 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 73 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:22 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, 11:22 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
73°F

23°C · hum 49%

Pressure
28.50inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 55°F
    9 mph · SWgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.3 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 63°F
    7 mph · Sgust 32
    0.02 in
    ↓ -6.7 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 66°F
    4 mph · Wgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.7 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    108° / 68°F
    14 mph · SEgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↓ -8.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 63°F
    4 mph · Egust 35
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.1 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 61°F
    7 mph · Egust 31
    0.01 in
    ↓ 0.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 64°F
    9 mph · SEgust 34
    0.04 in
    ↓ -2.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+13.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 34 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-14.9°F over 72h82–46°F range

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

Nearby waters

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