Johnson Lake

Otter Tail County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 8 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Johnson 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 Johnson Lake in Otter Tail County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 4 PM to 8 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 east, gusting to 13 mph, surface pressure near 986 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 45 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:52 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 October 26, 2026, 9:52 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

E · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
45°F

7°C · hum 44%

Pressure
29.12inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 36°F
    7 mph · Egust 19
    0.02 in
    ↓ -5.6 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 36°F
    7 mph · SEgust 21
    0.23 in
    ↓ -12.3 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 48°F
    7 mph · Sgust 21
    0.42 in
    → +1.3 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 41°F
    6 mph · NWgust 12
    0.00 in
    ↑ +8.7 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 37°F
    7 mph · NEgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ 0.0 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 45°F
    13 mph · SEgust 27
    0.01 in
    ↓ -8.5 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    6 mph · SEgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+17.1 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.52 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 52 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-20.9°F over 72h72–30°F range

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

Nearby waters

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