Schmidt Lake

Otter Tail County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 9 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Schmidt Lake — light winds and dry conditions across the window 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 Schmidt Lake in Otter Tail County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 5 AM to 9 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 south, gusting to 19 mph, surface pressure near 959 hPa on a steady 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, 1:23 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, 1:23 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

S · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
63°F

17°C · hum 72%

Pressure
28.32inHg

Steady

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
    81° / 50°F
    10 mph · Sgust 26
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.9 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 61°F
    7 mph · Sgust 38
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.8 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 52°F
    7 mph · Ngust 36
    0.00 in
    ↑ +13.8 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 48°F
    4 mph · NEgust 19
    0.06 in
    ↓ -0.1 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 50°F
    7 mph · Wgust 41
    0.24 in
    ↓ -7.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 48°F
    7 mph · Ngust 29
    0.01 in
    ↑ +14.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 46°F
    5 mph · SEgust 8
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
-0.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 38 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-11.5°F over 72h88–55°F range

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

Nearby waters

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