Lake Champlain

Chittenden County, VT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 8 AM (America/New_York)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Lake Champlain — 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 Lake Champlain in Chittenden County, VT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 4 AM to 8 AM (America/New_York). 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 northwest, gusting to 14 mph, surface pressure near 1011 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 55 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:00 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, 1:00 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

NW · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
55°F

13°C · hum 66%

Pressure
29.85inHg

Rising

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
    79° / 63°F
    11 mph · Wgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 54°F
    7 mph · NWgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.9 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 50°F
    7 mph · Sgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.7 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 64°F
    6 mph · Wgust 29
    0.13 in
    ↓ -0.8 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 48°F
    7 mph · Ngust 24
    0.09 in
    ↑ +11.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 46°F
    9 mph · Sgust 35
    0.24 in
    ↓ -8.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 63°F
    7 mph · Ngust 33
    0.52 in
    ↑ +2.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Falling
-10.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.11 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
7 mph · gust 34 · SE
Temperature
Warmer
+13.5°F over 72h79–50°F range

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

About Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain, in Chittenden County, VT, is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the United States.

Max depth
400 ft
Elevation
96.5 ft

Primary species: Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Walleye, Northern pike, Yellow perch, Lake trout, Landlocked salmon, Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Black crappie, White crappie, White perch, Common carp.

Notable structure: islands, shallow bars, wetlands.

Nearby waters

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