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Lake conditions
Portage Lake — 2026-10-22
Conditions overviewToday's environmental conditions for this lake. Pick a species above to layer its bite forecast on top.
- Season
- Fall
- Moon
- 83% illuminated, waxingWaxing Gibbous
- Est. surface temp
- 60.2°F
- Pressure
- 30.23 inHgStable
Est. water temp
60.2°F
v1 estimate from air temperature — not a sensor reading
Air vs. last week
12°F cooler
38°F now vs 50°F this time last week
Measured air temperature at the nearest weather station — not water
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 8:09 AM
- Sunset
- 6:49 PM
- Moonrise
- 5:04 PM
- Moonset
- 4:00 AM
Sky, wind & pressuremidday · 12 PM
- Cloud cover
- 14%
- Precip chance
- 0%
- Wind
- 0 mph
- Pressure
- 30.23 inHg Stable
Today's solunar periods
- Minor: 3:30 AM–4:30 AM
- Major: 9:39 AM–11:39 AM
- Minor: 4:34 PM–5:34 PM
- Major: 10:01 PM–12:01 AM
Location
Portage Lake · 44.3616, -86.2293
Map data © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors
Not for navigation
These depth contours are for deciding where to fish, not for running a boat. No depth map we show — whatever agency surveyed it — is a nautical chart, and none of them will show you a shoal. Do not navigate by this map.
Depth contours: Michigan DNR survey