Old Lake Cottage

Niagara River (Niagara-on-the-Lake)

River · Niagara Region · Ontario · near Niagara-on-the-Lake

Today’s fishing score

54out of 100 · 2026-09-14 · Fair

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

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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)74 · 100% weight
What went into the conditions number
Sub-factorScoreWeight
Weather conditions850.25
Barometric pressure480.2
Moon phase660.1
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 ×0.85, within a maximum of ±15%.

Conditions on 2026-09-14

Weather

Night 17°C · Day 21°C

20 km/h wind · 1 mm rain · 96% cloud cover

Pressure rising, +6.1 hPa over 24 h

Forecast

How it has scored

Daily score, Sep 14 to Sep 21
Sep 14: 54 out of 100 — FairSep 15: 56 out of 100 — FairSep 16: 52 out of 100 — FairSep 17: 59 out of 100 — FairSep 18: 59 out of 100 — FairSep 19: 61 out of 100 — FairSep 20: 59 out of 100 — FairSep 21: 55 out of 100 — Fair5456525959615955Sep 14Sep 21
  • Good 70+
  • Fair 45–69
  • Slow under 45
All 8 days as a table
DateScoreRatingWater temp
Sep 1454Fair21.7 °C
Sep 1556Fair23.9 °C
Sep 1652Fair23.5 °C
Sep 1759Fair21.9 °C
Sep 1859Fair22.0 °C
Sep 1961Fair21.8 °C
Sep 2059Fair21.2 °C
Sep 2155Fair20.8 °C
Water temperature, 20.8–23.9 °C over the same window
Sep 15: 23.9 °CSep 21: 20.8 °C23.9 °C20.8 °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
Muskellunge88
Smallmouth Bass88
Yellow Perch69
Rainbow Trout35
Walleye24
Chinook Salmon7
Coho Salmon0
Lake Trout0

Techniques

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