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United States / Alaska / Sunrise Lake

Bite forecast: Sunrise Lake

  • 55 acres
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    62/100high activity

    Cloudy: 45–52 °F

Sunrise Lake (Alaska) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 22 ha in area. Nearest town — Wrangell. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.

SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
60/100high activity

Cloudy: 43–57 °F

  • ThursdaySeptember 3weather-based forecast
    54/100medium activity

    Drizzle: 50–59 °F

  • Nearby towns

    • Wrangell6 mi

    Nearby water bodies

    • ReservoirWrangell Lower Reservoir6 mi
    • LakeWrangell Upper Reservoir6 mi
    • LakePats Lake7 mi

    Bite calendar

    7–Sep 13
    Mon
    Tue
    Wed
    Thu
    Fri
    Sat
    Sun
    Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
    Based on:weatherseasonal
    What is a bite calendar?

    In the fish list, this icon marks species recorded here by GBIF. Unmarked species may still occur in the waterbody.

    Coho salmonBrook troutSteelheadWhitefishCutthroat troutChinook salmonPikeRainbow troutLake troutBurbot

    Brook trout

    6/10 · Fair

    Hourly activity

    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00
    Bite activity:highmediumlow

    The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.

    Peak bite hours

    Best time — 07:00–09:00 (dawn bite) and 21:00–23:00 (dusk bite).

    Tactics

    Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.

    Lures

    The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: spinner or fly.

    Gear

    Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly. A thunderstorm is possible — bring a rain jacket, and pack up at the first rumble of thunder.

    Summary

    Worth going — it's a productive day.

    How this forecast is calculated

    Why this forecast

    The computed water temperature is around 51 °F — inside the 45–61 °F comfort range for Brook trout, so baseline activity is high.

    Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 45–61 °F comfort rangecomfort 45–61 °F51 °F
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    Brook trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

    The day: daylight hours and when Brook trout feeds0:0012:0024:00

    Pressure is rising 0.18 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.

    Pressure through the day, 0.18 inHg change
    00:00 · 29.5023:00 · 29.68 inHg

    One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.

    Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

    September is peak season for Brook trout here.

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    These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

    8 SepTuesday, September 8
    +50°

    Drizzle · feels like +46°

    Low / high
    +46°…+51°
    Precipitation
    0.02 in
    Wind
    8 mph W
    Cloud cover
    100%
    Humidity
    94%
    Pressure
    29.51 inHg
    00:00+50°0.11 in8 mphsoutheast wind, 8 mph97%100%
    01:00+50°0.11 in6 mphsoutheast wind, 6 mph97%100%
    02:00+49°0.03 in6 mphsoutheast wind, 6 mph99%100%
    03:00+49°0.03 in4 mphsoutheast wind, 4 mph98%100%
    04:00+49°0.03 in2 mphsoutheast wind, 2 mph99%100%
    05:00+49°0.04 in1 mphsoutheast wind, 1 mph99%100%
    06:00+49°0.04 in1 mphwest wind, 1 mph98%100%
    07:00+49°0.04 in2 mphwest wind, 2 mph98%100%
    08:00+49°0.04 in3 mphwest wind, 3 mph98%100%
    09:00+50°0.04 in5 mphwest wind, 5 mph97%100%
    10:00+50°0.04 in6 mphwest wind, 6 mph96%100%
    11:00+50°0.02 in7 mphwest wind, 7 mph95%100%
    12:00+50°0.02 in8 mphwest wind, 8 mph94%100%
    13:00+51°0.02 in9 mphwest wind, 9 mph93%100%
    14:00+51°0.02 in10 mphwest wind, 10 mph92%100%
    15:00+51°0.02 in11 mphwest wind, 11 mph91%100%
    16:00+51°0.02 in12 mphwest wind, 12 mph90%100%
    17:00+51°0.01 in12 mphwest wind, 12 mph89%100%
    18:00+50°0.01 in11 mphwest wind, 11 mph89%100%
    19:00+49°0.01 in11 mphwest wind, 11 mph89%100%
    20:00+48°0.01 in10 mphwest wind, 10 mph89%100%
    21:00+48°0.01 in9 mphwest wind, 9 mph89%100%
    22:00+47°0.01 in9 mphwest wind, 9 mph89%99%
    23:00+46°—9 mphwest wind, 9 mph89%90%
    +51°+49°+46°
    Weather throughout the day
    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00

    Sun and moon

    Tuesday, September 8
    The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
    DaylightMoon above the horizon
    Sunrise
    07:41
    Sunset
    21:11
    Day length
    13 h 30 min
    Sunshine hours
    0 min
    UV index
    1
    low
    Moon
    Waning crescent
    Moonrise
    02:27
    Moonset
    18:43

    The day is 5 min shorter than yesterday.

    Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

    Solunar feeding periods

    +11% in the windowTuesday, September 8
    Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
    Major periodsMinor periods
    • Minor01:57–02:57Moonrise
    • Major09:49–11:49Moon overhead
    • Minor18:13–19:13Moonset
    • Major22:15–00:00Moon underfoot

    The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.

    What are solunar periods?
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