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Lake Kekegama (Wisconsin) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 48 ha in area. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
Other nearby waters
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. Larger than 16 of the 20 waters nearby.
The wind builds its wave along the north — south axis — 2 mi of open water; along west — east there is only 0.7 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.
Wisconsin: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| 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 | active | 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 | peak | active | active | peak | peak | 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 | peak | fair | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | 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 | fair | 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 | fair | slow |
| Chinook salmon | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | 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 | active | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Lake Kekegama — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 52 °F — colder than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0.00 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
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.
October is an active season for Black crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +56°
The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldquiet, Kp 3.7
Kp index — NOAA forecast. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
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?Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Lake Kekegama — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.