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Best score today · 6 AM
Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).
- Now
- 5211 PM CST
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AM
Data from: ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 PM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
31Wind: 9 mph windPressure: 0.12 mb/hrWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
37Cloud: 100% cloudSolunar: 179 min to majorLight: dusk window- —
Season & habitat
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Confirm limits with the state fishery agency before you keep a fish.
Source: state regulator · Not synced yet, not yet verified
Seasonality · 52-week view
Seasonality
No saltwater species are scored at this spot, so there is no season calendar to show.
Spot profile
Outer Harbor
- Depth
- 7-20 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · slope
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 93 m grid. Depths are feet below Great Lakes low water datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Outer Harbor
Outer Harbor is a bay in Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL, Illinois. Depth is 7-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).
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Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with your state fishery agency before you keep a fish.