Rainy Lake
Ontario / Minnesota
Tough
Pressure is unchanging (30.26 inHg) — a flat barometer usually means a slower bite.
Next feeding window: 10:16 PM (major)
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Pressure
30.26inHgStable
Pressure
Stable
Change since
Reading then
A steady fall from a high over a day or two often signals an approaching front.
Open-Meteo · as of Sep 23, 9:45 PM CDT
Sun & Moon
Best times today
- Major
- 9:46 AM – 11:46 AM (underfoot)10:16 PM – 12:16 AM (overhead)
- Minor
- 2:50 AM – 3:50 AM (moonset)5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (moonrise)
Sun & Moon
Best times today
- Major
- 9:46 AM – 11:46 AM (underfoot)10:16 PM – 12:16 AM (overhead)
- Minor
- 2:50 AM – 3:50 AM (moonset)5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (moonrise)
- Sunrise
- 7:01 AM
- Sunset
- 7:09 PM
- Moonrise
- 6:00 PM
- Moonset
- 3:20 AM
- Overhead
- 11:16 PM
- Underfoot
- 10:46 AM
Waxing Gibbous · 90% lit
Major periods bracket the moon overhead & underfoot; minor periods, moonrise & moonset. Suggested windows, not a guarantee.
Weather
52.6°FWind 7.1 mph SSE · 80% cloud
Good chop
Weather
Wind 7.1 mph SSE · 80% cloud
Good chopWind — Good chop. A walleye chop — often prime, and comfortable on the water.
Tonight: A chance of rain showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Open-Meteo · NWS · as of Sep 23, 9:45 PM CDT
Water Temp
60.8°Festimated🎣 Walleye often 10–18 ft
Water Temp
🎣 Walleye often 10–18 ft
16°C
Prime feeding temps — weed edges, points, and wind-blown shorelines.
A walleye-depth rule of thumb from the water temp — light, wind, clarity, and baitfish all move them, and it reads open water so warm bays fish shallower. Suggested, not a guarantee.
An open-water surface estimate from recent air temperature and sunshine — there’s no live water-temperature sensor on this lake yet. Sheltered bays (like Grassy Portage) run warmer, and deep water colder.
Adjusted -1.8°F from 5 angler reports.
Inferred (air + solar model) · 21-day air-temp mean + recent solar + seasonal surface bias
Lake Level
1107.16ftat Fort Frances
Mid-band
Lake Level
at Fort Frances
Mid-band- Since yesterday
- -0.01 ft
- Since 7 days ago
- -0.11 ft
IJC rule curve 1106.7–1107.7 ft
Main lake · Northwest Bay Holding steady
-0.06 ft vs recent avg-0.03 ft since yesterday · -0.06 ft over 7 days
Water Survey of Canada (ECCC) · as of Sep 23, 8:30 PM CDT
Outflow / Current
3,740cfsHolding steady
Below normal for the date
Outflow / Current
Holding steady
Below normal for the date- Since yesterday
- -80 cfs
- Since 7 days ago
- -20 cfs
- Normal for the date
- ~5,900 cfs
River stage 13.84 ft · 0 ft since yesterday
Water leaving the lake down the Rainy River (dam-regulated at International Falls) — a rough gauge of how much current is moving through the system, and the “normal” line compares today with the USGS record for this date. As a rule of thumb many anglers work current seams and pinch points harder when flow is up; treat it as a hint, not a guarantee.
USGS Water Data · as of Sep 23, 9:00 PM CDT
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