Lake St. John (Orillia)

Lake · Simcoe County · Ontario · near Orillia

Today’s fishing score

66out 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 teammissing
  • Real, measured waterbody depthpresent
  • Real waterbody surface areapresent
  • Complete weather data for this datepresent
What went into today’s score
  • Conditions (weather, pressure, moon, season)72 · 100% weight
What went into the conditions number
Sub-factorScoreWeight
Weather conditions900.25
Barometric pressure400.2
Moon phase660.1
Season1000.35
Community activity500.1

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Conditions on 2026-09-14

Weather

Night 9°C · Day 17°C

14 km/h wind · 0 mm rain · 22% cloud cover

Pressure rising, +9.6 hPa over 24 h

Forecast

How it has scored

Daily score, Sep 14 to Sep 21
Sep 14: 66 out of 100 — FairSep 15: 72 out of 100 — GoodSep 16: 69 out of 100 — FairSep 17: 70 out of 100 — GoodSep 18: 73 out of 100 — GoodSep 19: 77 out of 100 — GoodSep 20: 74 out of 100 — GoodSep 21: 70 out of 100 — Good6672697073777470Sep 14Sep 21
  • Good 70+
  • Fair 45–69
  • Slow under 45
All 8 days as a table
Daily fishing score and water temperature
DateScoreRatingWater temp
Sep 1466Fair16.9 °C
Sep 1572Good16.5 °C
Sep 1669Fair16.6 °C
Sep 1770Good16.6 °C
Sep 1873Good16.5 °C
Sep 1977Good16.1 °C
Sep 2074Good16.0 °C
Sep 2170Good15.7 °C
Water temperature, 15.716.9 °C over the same window
Sep 14: 16.9 °CSep 21: 15.7 °C16.9 °C15.7 °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
Walleye99
Northern Pike94
Grass Pickerel79
Muskellunge75
Smallmouth Bass75
Channel Catfish53
Pumpkinseed51
Bowfin49
Brown Bullhead49
Common Carp49
Largemouth Bass49
Black Crappie47
Rock Bass47
Yellow Perch29
Bluegill19
9 more documented here

Techniques

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