Rice Lake

Itasca County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Thu · Jul 23, 7 PM → 11 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Rice 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 Rice Lake in Itasca County, MN is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 7 PM to 11 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 6 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 15 mph, surface pressure near 969 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 75 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:36 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, 11:36 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SW · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
75°F

24°C · hum 36%

Pressure
28.61inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 54°F
    6 mph · SWgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.8 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 59°F
    5 mph · Sgust 27
    0.57 in
    ↓ -7.5 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 66°F
    4 mph · SWgust 27
    0.02 in
    ↑ +4.6 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 59°F
    5 mph · SEgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.0 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 63°F
    3 mph · NEgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.8 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 57°F
    4 mph · NEgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    93° / 59°F
    6 mph · Sgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+12.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 35 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-16.7°F over 72h82–46°F range

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

Nearby waters

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