Nelson Lake

Pope County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 10 AM → 2 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Nelson 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 Nelson Lake in Pope County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 10 AM to 2 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 5 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 13 mph, surface pressure near 971 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 43 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:39 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, 9:39 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

SE · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
43°F

6°C · hum 97%

Pressure
28.67inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 39°F
    9 mph · NEgust 26
    0.20 in
    ↓ -6.4 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 39°F
    5 mph · SEgust 26
    0.06 in
    ↓ -9.8 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 50°F
    6 mph · Wgust 27
    0.22 in
    ↓ -1.0 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    6 mph · NWgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 41°F
    7 mph · NEgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.4 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 46°F
    11 mph · SEgust 27
    0.07 in
    ↓ -8.1 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    6 mph · Sgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+15.1 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.23 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 40 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-17.5°F over 72h68–36°F range

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

Nearby waters

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