Old Lake Cottage

Buck Lake (Sharbot Lake)

Lake · Frontenac County · Ontario · near Sharbot Lake

Today’s fishing score

68out of 100 · 2026-09-15 · Fair

Computed from live weather, water temperature and the species documented here. Sign in to weight it by your own target species and distance.

Medium certaintyScore certainty breakdown

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This location

  • Location verified by our team
  • Real, measured waterbody depth
  • Real waterbody surface area
  • Complete weather data for this date
What went into today’s score
  • Conditions (weather, pressure, moon, season)75 · 100% weight
What went into the conditions number
Sub-factorScoreWeight
Weather conditions510.25
Barometric pressure1000.2
Moon phase580.1
Season1000.35
Community activity500.1

These weights are the configured ones and are not normalised — they set the relative pull of each sub-factor, not a share of a hundred.

Your own preferences then move the result by ×1.04, within a maximum of ±15%.

Conditions on 2026-09-15

Weather

Night 13°C · Day 28°C

22 km/h wind · 30 mm rain · 98% cloud cover

Pressure falling, -6.7 hPa over 24 h — often the best of it

Forecast

How it has scored

Daily score, Sep 15 to Sep 22
Sep 15: 68 out of 100 — FairSep 16: 64 out of 100 — FairSep 17: 72 out of 100 — GoodSep 18: 71 out of 100 — GoodSep 19: 76 out of 100 — GoodSep 20: 79 out of 100 — GoodSep 21: 70 out of 100 — GoodSep 22: 72 out of 100 — Good6864727176797072Sep 15Sep 22
  • Good 70+
  • Fair 45–69
  • Slow under 45
All 8 days as a table
DateScoreRatingWater temp
Sep 1568Fair16.5 °C
Sep 1664Fair16.2 °C
Sep 1772Good16.1 °C
Sep 1871Good15.8 °C
Sep 1976Good15.4 °C
Sep 2079Good15.3 °C
Sep 2170Good15.0 °C
Sep 2272Good14.7 °C
Water temperature, 14.7–16.5 °C over the same window
Sep 15: 16.5 °CSep 22: 14.7 °C16.5 °C14.7 °C

Regulations

A real summary from official government data, not a legal source - always confirm current regulations before fishing.

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Species documented here

Ranked by how well today suits each one, with the depth they are holding at.
SpeciesToday
Walleye98
Northern Pike92
Muskellunge70
Smallmouth Bass70
Pumpkinseed48
Brown Bullhead46
Largemouth Bass46
Rock Bass43
Yellow Perch22
Bluegill17
5 more documented here

Techniques

  • Trolling
  • Jigging
  • Casting
  • Ice fishing
  • Baitcasting
  • Drift fishing
  • Bottom bouncing