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Lake conditions
Fern Lake — 2026-10-08
Conditions overviewToday's environmental conditions for this lake. Pick a species above to layer its bite forecast on top.
- Season
- Fall
- Moon
- 6% illuminated, waningWaning Crescent
- Est. surface temp
- 58°F
- Pressure
- 29.81 inHgStable
Est. water temp
58°F
v1 estimate from air temperature — not a sensor reading
Air vs. last week
16°F cooler
48°F now vs 64°F this time last week
Measured air temperature at the nearest weather station — not water
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:53 AM
- Sunset
- 7:12 PM
- Moonrise
- 5:35 AM
- Moonset
- 6:12 PM
Sky, wind & pressuremidday · 12 PM
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Precip chance
- 2%
- Wind
- 10 mph NW
- Pressure
- 29.81 inHg Stable
Today's solunar periods
- Minor: 5:05 AM–6:05 AM
- Major: 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
- Minor: 5:42 PM–6:42 PM
- Major: 11:23 PM–1:23 AM
Location
Fern Lake · 46.0413, -86.5367
Map data © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors
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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