Little Cotton Lake

Becker County, MN

GOConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 7 AM → 11 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
falling pressure ahead of a system
Main risk
a front passing through

GO on Little Cotton 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 Little Cotton Lake in Becker County, MN is GO, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 7 AM to 11 AM (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 7 mph out of the south, gusting to 17 mph, surface pressure near 951 hPa on a falling trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 63 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:25 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, 1:25 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

S · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
63°F

17°C · hum 78%

Pressure
28.08inHg

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
    8 mph · Sgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -8.1 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    7 AM → 11 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    82° / 61°F
    7 mph · Sgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    7 PM → 11 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    7 mph · Ngust 30
    0.00 in
    ↑ +13.6 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    66° / 46°F
    4 mph · Egust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.7 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    7 PM → 11 PM
    GO
    A front passing through
    55° / 48°F
    7 mph · Wgust 40
    0.41 in
    ↓ -8.6 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    5 AM → 9 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    59° / 48°F
    7 mph · NWgust 25
    0.01 in
    ↑ +14.8 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    A front passing through
    66° / 45°F
    6 mph · SEgust 7
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
-1.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.85 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 40 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-11.9°F over 72h81–54°F range

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

Nearby waters

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