Water level
928.86ft
-0.02 ft in 24h
USGS 05289000 updated 5:00 AM
MN · Thu, Aug 6
How's the bite at Lake Minnetonka today? Good — fish it after dark.
Solid window. Be on the water early.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
7/10
Good
Today's bite windows
12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
6:15 AM–8:15 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
2:47 PM–3:47 PM
Moonset
Major
6:44 PM–8:44 PM
Moon underfoot
Sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:33 PM · tomorrow's first major 7:14 AM–9:14 AM · windows on every water
Solunar · computed updated 5:26 AM
Conditions right now
Pressure
30.04inHg
steady · +0.68 hPa/12h
NOAA KFCM updated 5:10 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KFCM updated 5:10 AM
Moon
43% waning
Solunar · computed updated 5:26 AM
Nearby gauges
These sit on connected water, not on Lake Minnetonka itself.
- Outflow USGS 05289100 updated 5:00 AM
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.
Lake Minnetonka water level today
928.86 ft down 0.02 ft in 24 hours
That sits 39% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 928.79 and 928.97 ft. Over the week it is up0.03ft.
07-29 928.79–928.97 ft 08-06
USGS 05289000 updated 5:00 AM
The week ahead
| Fri | 7 | Good | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 6 | Decent | |
| Sun | 6 | Decent | |
| Mon | 7 | Good | |
| Tue | 6 | Decent | |
| Wed | 6 | Decent | |
| Thu | 6 | Decent |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A MN fishing license covers this water. The state agency sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Nearby waters today
- 8 Good Rainy Lake MN · 405 km
- 6 Decent Lake Winnebago WI · 407 km
- 6 Decent Geneva Lake WI · 483 km
- 6 Decent Medina Lake TX · 1779 km
- 6 Decent Lake Tahoe CA · 2278 km
Questions people ask about Lake Minnetonka
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 Lake Minnetonka.
- Is it worth fishing Lake Minnetonka today?
- 7 out of 10 — good. Solid window. Be on the water early. The strongest stretch is 6:15 AM–8:15 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Lake Minnetonka?
- Today's major windows run 6:15 AM–8:15 AM and 6:44 PM–8:44 PM, with minor windows at 2:47 PM–3:47 PM. Sunrise is 6:05 AM and sunset 8:33 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Lake Minnetonka?
- No gauge on Lake Minnetonka 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 Lake Minnetonka right now?
- 928.86 ft, read at 5:00 AM from USGS station 05289000. Over 24 hours it is down 0.02 ft.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Lake Minnetonka?
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 5:26 AM
- NOAA KFCM Minneapolis - Flying Cloud Airport 5:10 AM
- NOAA MPX gridded forecast 1:26 AM
- USGS 05289000 LAKE MINNETONKA ABV GRAYS BAY OTLT IN MINNETONKA 5:00 AM
Der Pegel sitzt am Grays Bay Outlet, dem einzigen Abfluss des Sees.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.