Merganser Lake

Cook County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Sat · Jul 25, 6 AM → 10 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Merganser 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 Merganser Lake in Cook County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Sat, Jul 25 from 6 AM to 10 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 6 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 24 mph, surface pressure near 944 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 64 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:29 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, 11:29 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SW · gust 24

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
64°F

18°C · hum 98%

Pressure
27.88inHg

Unstable

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
    77° / 57°F
    11 mph · Wgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.2 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 63°F
    9 mph · Wgust 40
    0.07 in
    ↓ -6.9 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 61°F
    6 mph · SWgust 36
    0.33 in
    ↑ +4.7 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 55°F
    3 mph · Sgust 27
    0.02 in
    ↓ -7.1 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 55°F
    4 mph · Egust 11
    0.01 in
    ↑ +2.0 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 55°F
    7 mph · Ngust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.1 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 57°F
    4 mph · Wgust 21
    0.35 in
    ↓ -3.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+9.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 35 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-14.2°F over 72h79–48°F range

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

Nearby waters

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