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Wind Lake Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Racine County's bass factory: Wind Lake's milfoil bowls stack largemouth, panfish rafts and southeastern Wisconsin's tournament habits.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Water temp
~66 F est.
Air / High
84 / 86 F
Wind
SSW 11 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
4
September 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Wind Lake lines up a genuinely fishable day across the board. Today brings cloud cover, wind SSW around 11 mph, steady pressure near 1011 hPa and a high of 86. Water sits around 66 F for the season (estimated). With the last quarter, the solunar majors run 5:39 AM-7:39 AM and 5:39 PM-7:39 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

WalleyeGood

Jig and minnow on rock reefs and points; the evening bite on wind-blown shores is the one to plan around.

Smallmouth bassGood

Peak season. Tubes, jerkbaits and swimbaits around gravel points, boulders and current seams.

Northern pikeGood

Weedline spinnerbaits, spoons and jerkbaits; bays with fresh green weed hold the active fish.

Yellow perchFair

Drifting flats and weed edges with small jigs tipped with bait.

Tomorrow: Cooler at 76 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Sep 5, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp84 F
High / Low86 / 69 F
WindSSW 11-16 mph
Pressure1011.0 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain88% cloud, 32%
Sunrise / Sunset06:20 / 19:22
MoonLast Quarter, 50%
Water temp (seasonal)~66 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

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Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Fri Sep 4 · Storms, 86/69 F, wind 16 mph, rain 32%

Fair or better. A 16 mph breeze puts a working chop on the banks it hits: fish the wind-blown side.

Species guide

The species that matter on Wind Lake: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Walleye illustration

Walleye

Best: May-Jun, Oct

The glass-eyed prize of northern lakes. Low light, wind-blown structure and live bait. Jig and minnow on rock reefs and points; the evening bite on wind-blown shores is the one to plan around.

Smallmouth bass illustration

Smallmouth bass

Best: May-Oct

Current and rock. Finds gravel flats, boulders and drop-offs, and fights far above its weight. Peak season. Tubes, jerkbaits and swimbaits around gravel points, boulders and current seams.

Northern pike illustration

Northern pike

Best: spring, early winter

The ambush predator of weedbeds and cabbage edges. Aggressive, big and always worth a wire leader. Weedline spinnerbaits, spoons and jerkbaits; bays with fresh green weed hold the active fish.

Yellow perch illustration

Yellow perch

Good most of the year

The great lakes and northern panfish staple. Schools tight to bottom; where you catch one there are fifty. Drifting flats and weed edges with small jigs tipped with bait.

When to come: the Wind Lake calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Walleye
Smallmouth bass
Northern pike
Yellow perch
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 66 F (estimated, not a reading).

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Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Sep 3

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Walleye led the card at excellent. High of 83 F, wind to 15 mph.

Wed, Sep 2

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Walleye led the card at excellent. High of 91 F, wind to 11 mph.

Tue, Sep 1

5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Walleye led the card at excellent. High of 89 F, wind to 9 mph.

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Before you go

License

Wisconsin requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Wisconsin license. Bass 14-inch; pike standard: check DNR southeast rules.

Access

Wind Lake public access; county park shoreline.

About this water

936 acres, Racine County, WI. The southeastern bass bowl.

Fishing Wind Lake: the full guide

The southeastern standby

Wind Lake spreads 900 fertile acres south of Milwaukee: a milfoil-and-panfish bowl whose largemouth density carries the region's club tournaments: with pike in the weeds, crappie towns off the drop, and the muskie strays that keep light-line stories honest.

Milfoil bassing

The weedlines run the program: wacky rigs and swim jigs down the edges, frogs across the summer canopies, jigs punched through when August seals it. Quality runs Wisconsin-solid: 4-pound fish daily, fives weekly: and the fertile stain forgives boat-side approaches.

Panfish and the flags

Bluegill rafts feed generations (the mid-lake bars at 8-12 feet), crappie stack the cribs each spring, and winter's flags fly for pike over sucker minnows: the ice community here runs deep as anywhere south of Oshkosh.

Racine practicalities

The public launch queues summer weekends (dawn beats it): personal watercraft own middays (fish the edges of the day): and Muskego's chain sits minutes away for the multi-lake option. Milwaukee's 30 minutes bring pressure the fertility absorbs.

Common questions

Why do tournaments love Wind Lake?

Density: milfoil bassing with 15-fish afternoons of quality. The fertile bowl restocks itself against the pressure.

When is the bite on Wind Lake?

May-June's weedline classic and the frog canopy of late summer: winter's pike flags carry the cold. Dawn beats the traffic year-round.

Is Wind Lake connected to other waters?

The Wind Lake canal links toward the Fox River system's drainage: pike and the odd walleye wander accordingly. The lake fishes self-contained though: its milfoil bowls and cribs hold the resident story, and the launch's morning queue tells you which weekends to dodge.

Is fishing good at Wind Lake right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Pewaukee Lake20 miLake Geneva25 miDelavan Lake28 miFox Lake28 miFox Chain O’Lakes29 miFox River46 mi
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