Bite forecast: Moose Lake

2.1 sq mi

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Bite forecast: Moose Lake

2.1 sq mi

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Best fishing days for the next week

When the fish bite — season by month

Minnesota: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.

Bite season by month for the species of Minnesota
Fish	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Steelhead	peak	peak	active	fair	fair	active	peak	peak	peak	peak	peak	peak
White crappie	active	peak	peak	peak	active	active	fair	fair	active	active	active	active
Black crappie	active	peak	peak	peak	active	fair	fair	fair	active	active	active	active
Lake trout	peak	peak	peak	active	active	fair	slow	fair	active	peak	active	peak
Brook trout	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	active	active	active	peak	active	fair	slow
Muskellunge	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	active	active	peak	peak	peak	fair	slow
Pike	fair	fair	fair	fair	fair	active	active	active	peak	peak	active	active
Walleye	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	active	active	peak	peak	peak	fair	slow
Whitefish	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	active	active	active	peak	active	fair	slow
Largemouth bass	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	peak	peak	active	fair	slow	slow
Rainbow trout	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	active	active	active	fair	slow	slow
Smallmouth bass	slow	slow	slow	fair	active	active	active	peak	peak	active	slow	slow
White bass	slow	slow	slow	fair	active	active	active	peak	peak	active	slow	slow
Yellow perch	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	active	active	peak	peak	active	fair	slow
Bluegill	slow	slow	slow	slow	active	peak	peak	peak	active	slow	slow	slow
Carp	slow	slow	slow	slow	active	peak	peak	peak	active	slow	slow	slow
Coho salmon	slow	slow	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	peak	active	slow	slow
Chinook salmon	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	peak	peak	active	fair	slow	slow	slow
Burbot	fair	fair	fair	slow	slow	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	peak	active
Channel catfish	slow	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	peak	peak	fair	slow	slow	slow
Flathead catfish	slow	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	peak	peak	fair	slow	slow	slow

peak
active
fair
slow

Nearby water bodies

10 water bodies

Other nearby waters

Shape and shoreline

shoreline 15 mi
shoreline index 2.9
17 islands
fetch 5 mi
calmest north-west — south-east

The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 20 neighbours are smaller.

The wind builds its wave along the north-east — south-west axis — 5 mi of open water; along north-west — south-east there is only 1 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.

About this water body

Moose Lake (Minnesota) — a spot well known among anglers. About 5.5 km² in area. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.

Bite forecast: Moose Lake

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Bite forecast: Moose Lake

Best fishing days for the next week

When the fish bite — season by month

Nearby water bodies

Shape and shoreline

About this water body

When the fish bite — season by month

About this water body

Best fishing days for the next week

Nearby water bodies

Shape and shoreline

Bite calendar

Black crappie

Hourly activity

Why this forecast

Sun and moon

Solunar feeding periods

Bite calendar

Black crappie

Hourly activity

Black crappie

Hourly activity

Why this forecast

Sun and moon

Solunar feeding periods

Black crappie

Hourly activity