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United States / Minnesota / Lake Pool 3

Bite forecast: Lake Pool 3

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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    66/100high activity

    Cloudy: 68–81 °F

  2. ThursdaySeptember 3weather-based forecast
    65/100high activity

    Cloudy: 64–86 °F

  3. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Clear: 55–70 °F

Lake Pool 3 (Minnesota) — one of the area's fishing spots. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.

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Catches

Recorded 6 catches here. Most commonly caught: Walleye, Channel catfish, Pike. Peak season: March–August.

  • Walleye — Pool 3, Mar 07, 2018, 6:41 PM
    2
    Walleye
    Pool 3
    23 °F7 mph
    Mar 07, 2018, 6:41 PM
  • Walleye — Pool 3, Mar 07, 2018, 6:35 PM
    2
    Walleye
    Pool 3
    Mar 07, 2018, 6:35 PM
  • Pike
    Pool 3
    16 °F7 mph
    Mar 02, 2019, 9:27 AM
  • Channel catfish
    Gantenbein Lake
    Aug 29, 2015, 12:16 PM
  • Channel catfish
    Gantenbein Lake
    Aug 29, 2015, 12:15 PM
  • Blue catfish
    Pool 3
    79 °F2 mph
    Aug 09, 2015, 12:22 AM

Nearby rivers

  • Catfish Slu1 mi
  • Canon River2 mi
  • North Cannon River3 mi
  • Wind River4 mi
  • Miley Run4 mi
  • Jackson Run5 mi

Nearby water bodies

  • ReservoirDischarge Basin0.4 mi
  • LakeJones Lake0.7 mi
  • LakeBuffalo Slough0.9 mi
  • LakeBrunner Lake1 mi
  • ReservoirGantenbein Lake2 mi
  • LakeNelson Lake2 mi
  • LakeTrenton Slough3 mi
  • LakeLower Rattling Springs Lake3 mi
  • LakeTwin Lakes4 mi
  • LakeUpper Rattling Springs Lake4 mi

Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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Tue
Wed
Thu
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Yellow perchMuskellungePikeSmallmouth bassWalleyeWhite bassBurbotCoho salmonBlack crappieBrook troutLake troutWhite crappieWhitefishLargemouth bassSteelheadBluegillCarpChannel catfishFlathead catfishRainbow troutChinook salmon

Black crappie

7/10 · Good

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–22:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

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

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: small jig or minnow bait.

Gear

It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 70 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 57–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 57–75 °F70 °F
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Black crappie 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 Black crappie feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is dropping 0.06 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 0.06 inHg change
00:00 · 29.8823:00 · 29.83 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 an active season for Black crappie here.

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

2 SepWednesday, September 2
+79°

Clear · feels like +82°

Low / high
+61°…+83°
Precipitation
0.00 in
Wind
1 mph NE
Cloud cover
0%
Humidity
45%
Pressure
29.91 inHg
00:00+69°—4 mphnortheast wind, 4 mph58%61%
01:00+67°—5 mpheast wind, 5 mph59%100%
02:00+67°—5 mphsoutheast wind, 5 mph61%89%
03:00+67°—2 mphsoutheast wind, 2 mph61%91%
04:00+66°—5 mphsoutheast wind, 5 mph62%100%
05:00+64°—4 mphsoutheast wind, 4 mph69%42%
06:00+62°—3 mpheast wind, 3 mph76%13%
07:00+61°—4 mphnortheast wind, 4 mph76%4%
08:00+64°—4 mpheast wind, 4 mph74%47%
09:00+68°—2 mpheast wind, 2 mph65%15%
10:00+73°—3 mphnorth wind, 3 mph55%2%
11:00+77°—0 mphnorthwest wind, 0 mph49%82%
12:00+79°—1 mphnortheast wind, 1 mph45%0%
13:00+81°—3 mphnortheast wind, 3 mph41%0%
14:00+83°—5 mphnorth wind, 5 mph38%0%
15:00+83°—7 mphnortheast wind, 7 mph36%2%
16:00+83°—7 mphnortheast wind, 7 mph34%0%
17:00+83°—7 mphnortheast wind, 7 mph34%1%
18:00+82°—9 mpheast wind, 9 mph36%0%
19:00+80°—9 mpheast wind, 9 mph39%0%
20:00+75°—7 mpheast wind, 7 mph45%0%
21:00+72°—6 mpheast wind, 6 mph51%0%
22:00+70°—6 mpheast wind, 6 mph59%0%
23:00+69°—7 mpheast wind, 7 mph60%0%
+83°+72°+61°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Wednesday, September 2
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:45
Sunset
20:01
Day length
13 h 16 min
Sunshine hours
12 h
UV index
5
moderate
Moon
Waning gibbous
Moonrise
22:02
Moonset
13:04

The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.

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

Solunar feeding periods

+10% in the windowWednesday, September 2
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:09–06:09Moon overhead
  • Minor12:34–13:34Moonset
  • Major16:37–18:37Moon underfoot
  • Minor21:32–22:32Moonrise

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?

BiteGuide·From anglers’ reports

What actually worked on this water

Based on 6 verified catchesPeriod: 2015–2019

This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.

By fish species

vertical axis — number of catches

012
2211
Channel catfishWalleyeBlue catfishPike
By fish species
ValueCatchesShare
Channel catfish233%
Walleye233%
Blue catfish117%
Pike117%

By month

vertical axis — number of catches

023
33
MarAug
By month
ValueCatchesShare
Mar350%
Aug350%

By time of day

vertical axis — number of catches

012
1221
371219
By time of day
ValueCatchesShare
03:00117%
07:00233%
12:00233%
19:00117%