What's the water temp today? Please update

[CLOTAGAMES]

Was 78 on west end in Norwegian bay last week.

[delcecchi]

75 in Wakemup yesterday.   

[SkunkedAgain]

Anyone know the water temp these days? I see below freezing temps on the way for next week at night, into the 30s during the day. 

[JerkinLips]

Had 49 on Monday.  Dropped to 45 on Wednesday, but back up to 47 on Thursday.  Had ice on the shoreline when I went duck hunting on Monday.

[SkunkedAgain]

Hopefully ice-over in the small bays holds off until after this weekend.

[SkunkedAgain]

For anyone that is interested - 46* in the main basins and closer to 40* in shallow water as of 6pm. Half of our bay had skim ice on it this morning

Edited November 6, 2021 by SkunkedAgain

[Wanderer]

2 hours ago, SkunkedAgain said:

For anyone that is interested - 46* in the main basins and closer to 40* in shallow water as of 6pm. Half of our bay had skim ice on it this morning

Didn’t you break ice to get to your place last fall?

[SkunkedAgain]

Yes, twice. I'm trying to avoid that this year. With the low water levels, I would be hesitant to let my prop get too low trying to get through ice.

 

Due to the low water, it was also MUCH harder to launch next to the Landing now that the dock is gone. I couldn't just drop my boat off of the trailer and then beach it as usual. It "beached" itself when it came off of the trailer. I successfully tight roped along the trailer frame, hopped into the boat, and pushed it out to deep water with my paddle until I could tie up at The Landing's dock.

 

That said, the meteor shower on Thursday night made all of the effort worth it. I idled across the lake with a beer in hand and my head towards the sky. Clear sky again tonight with a new moon. Lots of stars. No bugs. Ideal temperature for a bonfire. Lots of sounds in the woods. Perfect.

[Tripp_315]

Good luck to everyone fishing the MN opener 2022!

Let's get this back up to the top of the forum list and please update with daily water temps

Thanks for your input

~Tripp (in Atlanta)

PS....I'll be there two weeks from today

[delcecchi]

Given that there was still big hunks of ice floating a day or so ago, probably pretty freeking cold

[Raven77]

47-50 degrees today depending on location.

[Raven77]

57 in Black Bay and 44 in Niles Bay today.  The lake is changing by the day and the fishing reflects it.

[BWpineisland]

48 by the trout lake portage today

[MikeG3Boat]

67 degrees today in big bay. No fish today for me. 

[PSU]

Same as Mike, 66 in Frazer

[TrueNorth]

I had 66 pretty much everywhere on the west side at 5pm today.  Marking most fish is 15 to 21.  

[JerkinLips]

66 in Stuntz Bay July 1.

[delcecchi]

72 to 73+ in the Wild West 

[delcecchi]

After a couple hot calm days, saw around 80 today... 

[tinker]

10 hours ago, delcecchi said:

After a couple hot calm days, saw around 80 today... 

Are these close to normal temperatures for this time of year?

[JerkinLips]

Thursday morning I had 70F.  When I left Saturday morning it was 74F, and 76F near shore.  I would say these are typical temps this time of year, and it will vary with sun/wind effects.

[delcecchi]

3 hours ago, tinker said:

Are these close to normal temperatures for this time of year?

It has been calm for a couple days so it might just be surface temperature.   A good breeze to mix things up and it would probably come down a couple degrees.   My experience is that typical summer water temps are in the mid to high 70s.    A few days of sun and calm will push the top few feet into the low 80s

[SkunkedAgain]

I found 78 in HeadOLake and Wakemup this weekend, but 80-81 in shallow bays. Swimming feels great right now.

[delcecchi]

A couple windy days and cool nights did a job.   Temp was 72.5 this evening on Wakemup

[delcecchi]

Better start oiling up the augers, folks.   71 this afternoon, and 69 this evening.   

[MikeG3Boat]

71 degrees in big bay on Sunday July 31st. 

[MikeG3Boat]

Sept 18th 68F in Big Bay, 69F in Fraser

[partyonpine]

Sept 20

Mud-67

Portage-66

[mbeyer]

Wondering from afar......

[Raven77]

56-57 in Black Bay.  51-52 in Wakemup.