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Scandinavia Millpond 68 Northern Pike Fishing Report

Scandinavia, WI

Illustration of a northern pike (Esox lucius)

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Modeled from live National Weather Service data as of Aug 31, 2026 at 3:02 AM CDT, plus solunar and sun/moon times computed in-house. This is a computed report, not an eyewitness catch report.

Scandinavia Millpond 68 has no state survey naming Northern Pike. Its presence is an estimate inferred from 8 confirmed lakes within 40 miles — not a record of a catch.

Overall rating

Northern Pike at Scandinavia Millpond 68 — 2026-08-31

Fair · 44/100

Best window: 2 PM (Fair · 54/100)

Season
Summer
Moon
89% illuminated, waningWaning Gibbous
Est. surface temp
84°F
Pressure
29.92 inHgFalling

Est. water temp

84°F

v1 estimate from air temperature — not a sensor reading

Above Northern Pike's 60-68°F range

Air vs. last week

17°F warmer

67°F now vs 50°F this time last week

Measured air temperature at the nearest weather station — not water

Sun & moon

Sunrise
6:18 AM
Sunset
7:34 PM
Moonrise
8:50 PM
Moonset
10:12 AM
Sky, wind & pressureat best window · 2 PM
Cloud cover
62%
Precip chance
6%
Wind
9 mph WSW
Pressure
29.92 inHg Falling

Species context

Why this score

Fair (44/100) for Northern Pike: water is estimated at 84°F, above Northern Pike's 60-68°F optimal range. Best window: Daytime — has no measurable effect on feeding activity. That hour also overlaps a major solunar period. 29.92 inHg and falling pressure modeled flat — no change from this fish's baseline. Light (5-10 mph) wind modeled about 15% above this fish's baseline.

What's driving the 2 PM score

Light window (daytime) is doing the most for this score. The score gives up the most on water temperature — 84°F estimated, about 40 points below its best.

  • Water temperature · hurting
  • Light window · helping
  • Solunar period · helping
  • Barometric pressure · helping
  • Wind · helping
Show the numbers behind this

  1. Water temperature: 84°F estimated

    0 of 40 pts

    Optimal range 60-68°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.

  2. Light window: Daytime

    19.2 of 25 pts

    Has no measurable effect on feeding activity

    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.

  3. Solunar period: Major period

    15 of 15 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. Its weight is under owner review.

  4. Barometric pressure: Falling

    10 of 10 pts

    Modeled flat — no change from 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.

  5. Wind: Light (5-10 mph)

    9.6 of 10 pts

    Modeled about 15% 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: Summer — ×1.00 (100% of the ungated score)

How catchable Northern Pike 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 five factors add up to 53.8 of 100 points, and the two multipliers above take that to 54. The weights are v1 tuning constants under owner review — they are 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 Aug 31, 2026 at 3:02 AM CDT. Solunar periods and sun/moon times are computed, not fetched.

When best caught

It's currently summer. Northern Pike typically hold 6-20 ft deep this time of year — at an estimated 84°F, this looks like a slower time of year to target them, since water temp is outside their optimal range.

Current depth

6-20 ft

This is the seasonal depth band from the species model — relative to this species' typical behavior, not this lake's actual structure. True depth relative to this lake's bottom contours needs lake bathymetry (tracked in issue #175).

Today's solunar periods

  • Major: 2:13 AM–4:13 AM
  • Minor: 9:42 AM–10:42 AM
  • Major: 2:37 PM–4:37 PM
  • Minor: 8:20 PM–9:20 PM

Best times

When do northern pike feed during the day?

Northern Pike feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 27% above the daily average across all four light windows.

  • Dawn1.30x

    Boosts feeding activity by about 30%.

  • Daytime1.00x

    Has no measurable effect on feeding activity.

  • Dusk1.30x

    Boosts feeding activity by about 30%.

  • Night0.50x

    Suppresses feeding activity by about 50%.

Hour by hour

Hourly bite forecast

HourBite scoreRatingLightWind
2 AM
42
FairNight3 mph ESE
3 AM
42
FairNight3 mph ESE
4 AM
42
FairNight3 mph SE
5 AM
31
PoorNight3 mph SE
6 AM
47
FairDawn3 mph SE
7 AM
49
FairDawn5 mph SSE
8 AM
43
FairDay6 mph S
9 AM
48
FairDay7 mph SSW
10 AM
48
FairDay7 mph SW
11 AM
43
FairDay8 mph SW
12 PM
43
FairDay8 mph SW
1 PM
43
FairDay8 mph SW
2 PM
54
FairDay9 mph WSW
3 PM
54
FairDay9 mph WSW
4 PM
54
FairDay9 mph WSW
5 PM
43
FairDay9 mph WSW
6 PM
43
FairDay7 mph WSW
7 PM
49
FairDusk5 mph WSW
8 PM
51
FairDusk3 mph WSW
9 PM
36
PoorNight3 mph WSW
10 PM
31
PoorNight3 mph W
11 PM
31
PoorNight2 mph W

Where to find Northern Pike right now

Typical Summer depth: 6-20 ft

Northern Pike feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 27% above the daily average across all four light windows.

No depth survey or measurement is on record for Scandinavia Millpond 68, so these bands are the species' published seasonal ranges rather than a reading of this water.

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FAQ

Common questions

Are there Northern Pike in Scandinavia Millpond 68?

Scandinavia Millpond 68 has no state survey naming Northern Pike. Its presence is an estimate inferred from 8 confirmed lakes within 40 miles — not a record of a catch.

When do Northern Pike bite at Scandinavia Millpond 68?

Northern Pike feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 27% above the daily average across all four light windows. Today's report above scores every hour of the local day against live weather for Scandinavia Millpond 68, and shows what each input contributed alongside how well the evidence supports it.

How deep should you fish for Northern Pike at Scandinavia Millpond 68?

Typical Northern Pike depth by season: Pre-Spawn 2-6 ft, Spawn 0-1 ft, Post-Spawn 3-10 ft, Summer 6-20 ft, Fall 8-18 ft, Winter 4-15 ft. These bands come from published fisheries data for the species, not from a survey of Scandinavia Millpond 68 itself.