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Checking conditions across the lake…82 harbors · best available 3-hour windows
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WISCONSINMICHIGANUPPER PENINSULAILLINOISINDIANALAKEMICHIGANFIND YOUR NEXT WINDOWAlgoma · Insufficient data Arcadia · Insufficient data Baileys Harbor · Insufficient data Bay Harbor · Insufficient data Beaver Island / St. James · Insufficient data Beaver IslandBurns Harbor / Port of Indiana · Insufficient data Cedar River · Insufficient data Charlevoix · Insufficient data CharlevoixChicago / 31st Street Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / 59th Street Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / Belmont Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / Burnham Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / Calumet Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / Diversey Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / DuSable Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / Jackson Park Harbors · Insufficient data Chicago / Monroe Harbor · Insufficient data Chicago / Montrose Harbor · Insufficient data ChicagoCross Village · Insufficient data East Chicago / Indiana Harbor · Insufficient data Egg Harbor · Insufficient data Elk Rapids · Insufficient data Ellison Bay · Insufficient data Ephraim · Insufficient data Escanaba · Insufficient data EscanabaFayette / Snail Shell Harbor · Insufficient data Fish Creek · Insufficient data Frankfort / Elberta · Insufficient data FrankfortGarden Bay · Insufficient data Gills Rock · Insufficient data Gladstone · Insufficient data Grand Haven · Insufficient data Grand HavenGreat Lakes Naval Harbor · Insufficient data Green Bay / Fox River · Insufficient data Green BayGreilickville · Insufficient data Hammond Marina · Insufficient data Harbor Springs · Insufficient data Holland / Lake Macatawa · Insufficient data Kenosha · Insufficient data KenoshaKewaunee · Insufficient data Leland · Insufficient data LelandLudington · Insufficient data LudingtonManistee · Insufficient data Manistique · Insufficient data ManistiqueManitowoc · Insufficient data ManitowocMenominee / Marinette · Insufficient data Michigan City · Insufficient data Michigan CityMilwaukee / McKinley · Insufficient data MilwaukeeNaubinway · Insufficient data New Buffalo · Insufficient data North Manitou Island · Insufficient data North Point / Winthrop Harbor · Insufficient data Northport · Insufficient data Oconto · Insufficient data Old Mission · Insufficient data Omena · Insufficient data Pensaukee · Insufficient data Pentwater · Insufficient data Peshtigo River · Insufficient data Petoskey · Insufficient data Port Washington · Insufficient data Portage / Burns Waterway · Insufficient data Portage Lake / Onekama · Insufficient data Racine · Insufficient data Rowleys Bay · Insufficient data Saugatuck / Douglas · Insufficient data Sheboygan · Insufficient data SheboyganSister Bay · Insufficient data South Haven · Insufficient data South Manitou Island · Insufficient data St. Joseph / Benton Harbor · Insufficient data St. JosephSturgeon Bay — Green Bay entrance · Insufficient data Sturgeon Bay — Lake Michigan canal · Insufficient data Sturgeon BaySuttons Bay · Insufficient data Traverse City / Boardman · Insufficient data Traverse CityTwo Rivers · Insufficient data Washington Island / Detroit Harbor · Insufficient data Washington Island / Jackson Harbor · Insufficient data Waukegan · Insufficient data White Lake / Montague · Insufficient data Wilmette · Insufficient data Muskegon · Insufficient data Muskegon
MuskegonInsufficient data
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River flow · now↑ Rising↓ Falling→ SteadyHover for river trend · Click or tap to open the harbor · Dashed = unavailable · Schematic river symbols; upstream readings. Rising/falling: more than 5% change over 24 hours. Steady does not mean seasonally normal. cfs = cubic feet per second. Excluded from fishing scores.
Strong · 80+Favorable · 65–79Mixed · 40–64Less favorable · below 40Insufficient dataFishing pierSurface flip

Experimental conditions ratings—not catch probabilities. Daily scores describe the best available three-hour window from one hour before local sunrise to one hour after sunset. Each harbor uses its full modeled depth profile. Gray means insufficient data.

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Alerts look for a No Skunk score of 65 or higher in the next 48 hours, with repeat updates at least 12 hours apart and a 10-point improvement required for the same port and day. Old forecasts do not trigger new alerts. Scores describe fishing conditions, not a guarantee of a catch.

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