Fishing report
Lake Denoon Walleye Fishing Report
Wind Lake, WI
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Modeled from live National Weather Service data as of Nov 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM CST, plus solunar and sun/moon times computed in-house. This is a computed report, not an eyewitness catch report.
A state fisheries survey records Walleye in Lake Denoon.
Max depth
55 ft
Deepest measurement on record
Mean depth: 18 ft
Max depth: Stachelek et al. (2021), LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, Environmental Data Initiative (CC BY 4.0)
Overall rating
Walleye at Lake Denoon — 2026-11-06
Fair · 43/100Best window: 6 AM (Fair · 51/100)
- Season
- Fall
- Moon
- 8% illuminated, waningWaning Crescent
- Est. surface temp
- 48.2°F
- Pressure
- 30.12 inHgRising
Est. water temp
48.2°F
v1 estimate from air temperature — not a sensor reading
Below Walleye's 65-75°F range
Air vs. last week
6°F cooler
34°F now vs 40°F this time last week
Measured air temperature at the nearest weather station — not water
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 6:33 AM
- Sunset
- 4:38 PM
- Moonrise
- 3:50 AM
- Moonset
- 3:04 PM
Sky, wind & pressureat best window · 6 AM
- Cloud cover
- 18%
- Precip chance
- 1%
- Wind
- 10 mph NW
- Pressure
- 30.12 inHg Rising
Species context
Why this score
Fair (43/100) for Walleye: water is estimated at 48.2°F, below Walleye's 65-75°F optimal range. Best window: Dawn — boosts feeding activity by about 40%, one of their peak feeding windows. That hour falls outside any solunar period. 30.12 inHg and rising pressure modeled about 5% below this fish's baseline. Moderate (10-20 mph) wind modeled about 20% above this fish's baseline.
What's driving the 6 AM score
Light window (dawn) is doing the most for this score. The score gives up the most on water temperature — 48.2°F estimated, about 45 points below its best.
- Water temperature · hurting
- Light window · helping
- Solunar period · hurting
- Barometric pressure · helping
- Wind · helping
Show the numbers behind this
Water temperature: 48.2°F estimated
0 of 45 pts
Optimal range 65-75°F
Well supportedWater temperature governs a cold-blooded fish's metabolism, so it is the largest term in the model (Christie & Regier 1988). The figure is a thermal-lag estimate built from forecast air temperature and the time of year — not a sensor reading, and not this lake's actual measured water.
Light window: Dawn
30 of 30 pts
Boosts feeding activity by about 40%
Well supportedLow-light feeding windows are the strongest timing signal inside a single day. How much each window is worth is this species' own cited response, sourced in its model file, not a generic curve.
Solunar period: Outside any period
1.5 of 5 pts
Not supported by testingPeer-reviewed testing of North American freshwater fisheries found no significant relationship between solunar values, lunar phase or lunar illumination and catch rates (SN Applied Sciences, 2023) — air temperature predicted catch better than any solunar table tested. It is shown because anglers expect it, and it is shown separately so you can discount it. We reviewed this evidence and cut its weight accordingly.
Barometric pressure: Rising
9 of 10 pts
Modeled about 5% below this fish's baseline
ContestedThe barometric effect is real to most anglers but small and contested in the literature — several of the species studies cited in this model report null results — so it carries one of the smallest weights here.
Wind: Moderate (10-20 mph)
10 of 10 pts
Modeled about 20% above this fish's baseline
Moderately supportedWind stacks forage on windward structure, but both the size and the direction of the effect depend on the species and the water, so it carries a modest weight.
Then the whole score is scaled
Season: Fall — ×1.00 (100% of the ungated score)
How catchable Walleye are at this point in the year. This scales the whole score rather than competing with the factors above — a fish that is dormant this time of year cannot score well no matter how good the hour looks.
Weather front: No clear front — ×1.00 (100% of the ungated score)
A multi-hour frontal pattern read from the day's forecast trajectory. No front is classified today, so this changes nothing and the single-reading pressure factor above does its normal job.
Those 5 factors add up to 50.5 of 100 points, and the two multipliers above take that to 51. The weights are tuning constants — solunar's was cut after peer-reviewed testing found no predictive effect, and the others are adjusted as we validate them — shown here rather than hidden so you can weigh them against your own judgement.
What this score does not know
- Water clarity. We have no source for it and do not estimate it.
- Measured water temperature. The figure in the breakdown is a model over forecast air temperature, not a reading from a buoy or a probe.
- Baitfish and forage activity.
- How much fishing pressure this water has had.
- Where the fish actually are. Depth bands are the species' published seasonal ranges, not an observation of this lake.
- What anyone actually caught. No catch reports feed this score.
Conditions read from the National Weather Service as of Nov 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM CST. Solunar periods and sun/moon times are computed, not fetched.
When best caught
It's currently fall. Walleye typically hold 20-55 ft deep this time of year — at an estimated 48.2°F, this looks like a slower time of year to target them, since water temp is outside their optimal range.
Current depth
20-55 ft
This is the seasonal depth band from the species model, based on this species' typical behavior, not this lake's actual structure.
Today's solunar periods
- Minor: 3:20 AM–4:20 AM
- Major: 8:33 AM–10:33 AM
- Minor: 2:34 PM–3:34 PM
- Major: 8:55 PM–10:55 PM
Best times
When do walleye feed during the day?
Walleye feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 19% above the daily average across all four light windows.
- Dawn1.40x
Boosts feeding activity by about 40%.
- Daytime0.60x
Suppresses feeding activity by about 40%.
- Dusk1.40x
Boosts feeding activity by about 40%.
- Night1.30x
Boosts feeding activity by about 30%.
Hour by hour
Hourly bite forecast
| Hour | Bite score | Rating | Light | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 51 | Fair | Dawn | 10 mph NW |
| 7 AM | 51 | Fair | Dawn | 10 mph NW |
| 8 AM | 37 | Poor | Day | 10 mph N |
| 9 AM | 37 | Poor | Day | 15 mph N |
| 10 AM | 37 | Poor | Day | 15 mph N |
| 11 AM | 33 | Poor | Day | 10 mph N |
| 12 PM | 33 | Poor | Day | 10 mph N |
| 1 PM | 33 | Poor | Day | 10 mph N |
| 2 PM | 35 | Poor | Day | 10 mph NW |
| 3 PM | 35 | Poor | Day | 10 mph NW |
| 4 PM | 51 | Fair | Dusk | 10 mph N |
| 5 PM | 51 | Fair | Dusk | 10 mph NW |
| 6 PM | 48 | Fair | Night | 5 mph NW |
| 7 PM | 48 | Fair | Night | 5 mph NW |
| 8 PM | 51 | Fair | Night | 5 mph NW |
| 9 PM | 51 | Fair | Night | 5 mph NW |
| 10 PM | 51 | Fair | Night | 5 mph NW |
| 11 PM | 45 | Fair | Night | 0 mph |
Where to find Walleye right now
Typical Fall depth: 20-55 ft
Walleye feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 19% above the daily average across all four light windows.
Lake Denoon's deepest measurement on record is 55 ft — read the depth bands above against that. It is the deepest point someone actually measured on this water, not a contour survey, so deeper water may exist and there is no depth map to check it against.
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FAQ
Common questions
Are there Walleye in Lake Denoon?
A state fisheries survey records Walleye in Lake Denoon.
When do Walleye bite at Lake Denoon?
Walleye feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 19% above the daily average across all four light windows. Today's report above scores every hour of the local day against live weather for Lake Denoon, and shows what each input contributed alongside how well the evidence supports it.
How deep should you fish for Walleye at Lake Denoon?
Typical Walleye depth by season: Pre-Spawn 8-15 ft, Spawn 1-6 ft, Post-Spawn 8-15 ft, Summer 20-40 ft, Fall 20-55 ft, Winter 10-40 ft. These bands come from published fisheries data for the species, not from a survey of Lake Denoon itself.