Waters · Lakes · MN · Mon, Aug 24

How's the bite at Gull Lake today? Biting — mid-morning is your stretch.

Worth a cast.

Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.

7/10
Biting

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Minor
1:49 AM–2:49 AM
Moonset
Major
9:39 AM–11:39 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
6:18 PM–7:18 PM
Moonrise
Major
10:04 PM–12:04 AM
Moon overhead

Sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 8:10 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:28 AM–12:28 PM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 3:22 PM

Conditions right now

Water level
1193.6ft
0 ft in 24h
USACE Gull Lake near Brainerd updated 3:00 PM
Pressure
30.03inHg
steady · 0 hPa/12h
NOAA KBRD updated 3:10 PM
Wind
6mph ESE
NOAA KBRD updated 3:10 PM
Moon
88% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 3:22 PM

What this means

Largemouth bass, Crappie, Catfish
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.

Gull Lake water level today

1193.6 ft above NGVD-29 down 0.00 ft in 24 hours

That sits 55% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 1193.54 and 1193.65 ft. Over the week it is up0.01ft.

08-16 1193.54–1193.65 ft 08-24
USACE Gull Lake near Brainerd updated 3:00 PM

The week ahead

Tue 6 Biting
Wed 6 Biting
Thu 7 Biting
Fri 6 Biting
Sat 7 Biting
Sun 6 Biting
Mon 6 Biting

Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.

Before you go

A Minnesota fishing license covers this water — $25 a year for residents. DNR sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What it costs, and who is exempt →

Nearby waters today

Questions people ask about Gull Lake

Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Gull Lake.

Is it worth fishing Gull Lake today?
7 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 9:39 AM–11:39 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Gull Lake?
Today's major windows run 9:39 AM–11:39 AM and 10:04 PM–12:04 AM, with minor windows at 1:49 AM–2:49 AM and 6:18 PM–7:18 PM. Sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset 8:10 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Gull Lake?
No gauge on Gull Lake measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
What is the water level at Gull Lake right now?
1193.6 ft above NGVD-29, read at 3:00 PM from the Gull Lake near Brainerd gauge run by the USACE. Over 24 hours it is down 0.00 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Gull Lake?
That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Minnesota Department of Health publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where updated in March 2026 with new length-based limits for walleye and northern pike. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.

MDH fish consumption advisory

Do you need a licence to fish Gull Lake?
Yes. A Minnesota fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. DNR sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Minnesota license costs, and who is exempt

What size fish can you keep in Minnesota?
It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: walleye and sauger, largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskellunge (muskie). Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.

Walleye and sauger limits · Largemouth and smallmouth bass limits · Northern pike limits · Muskellunge (muskie) limits · Check a length against the rules

Where these numbers come from

A natural lake in the Brainerd chain with a low Corps dam at its outlet, read by the Corps of Engineers. Normal pool is 1,194 ft and the lake holds within a foot of it most of the year. Several other lakes in the country carry this name; this is the Minnesota one.

No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.