Waters · Lakes · WI · Sun, Sep 27

Green Bay water level today 2.251 ft, rising

Bite index 6/10 — Biting — get there by 7.

Worth a cast.

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

6/10
Biting

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
12:03 AM–2:03 AM
Moon overhead
Minor
7:22 AM–8:22 AM
Moonset
Major
12:27 PM–2:27 PM
Moon underfoot
Minor
6:19 PM–7:19 PM
Moonrise

Sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 6:39 PM · tomorrow's first major 12:51 AM–2:51 AM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 8:28 AM

Conditions right now

Water temp estimated
≈55.7°F
7-day mean of air temperature, ±4.5°F typical
computed from NOAA KGRB updated 8:10 AM
Water level
2.251ft
+0.13 ft in 24h
NOAA CO-OPS 9087077 updated 8:18 AM
Pressure
30.17inHg
steady · +0.34 hPa/12h
NOAA KGRB updated 8:10 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KGRB updated 8:10 AM
Moon
99% waning
Solunar · computed updated 8:28 AM

Nearby gauges

These sit on connected water, not on Green Bay itself.

  • Inflow above — 6700 cfs · 65.5°F
    USGS 040851385 updated 8:00 AM

What this means

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

Green Bay level over the last 8 days

2.251 ft above LWD up 0.13 ft in 24 hours

That sits 52% of the way up the band it has held over the last 9 days, between 1.41 and 3.04 ft. Over the week it is down0.42ft.

09-18 1.41–3.04 ft 09-27
NOAA CO-OPS 9087077 updated 8:18 AM

The week ahead

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

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

Green Bay boat ramps and public fishing access

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources lists 10 public access points on Green Bay. These are the 8 closest to our gauge — the farthest one the agency lists sits 62 mi away.

Access data from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Distances are straight-line from our gauge, not driving distance.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources · public access inventory

Before you go

A Wisconsin fishing license covers this water — $20 a year for residents. Wisconsin DNR sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What it costs, and who is exempt →

Nearby waters today

Questions people ask about Green Bay

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 Green Bay.

Is it worth fishing Green Bay today?
6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 12:03 AM–2:03 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Green Bay?
Today's major windows run 12:03 AM–2:03 AM and 12:27 PM–2:27 PM, with minor windows at 7:22 AM–8:22 AM and 6:19 PM–7:19 PM. Sunrise is 6:45 AM and sunset 6:39 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Green Bay?
No gauge on Green Bay measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 55.7°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KGRB (Green Bay, Austin Straubel International Airport). Checked against the lakes that do have a thermometer, that method lands within about 4.5°F of the real reading and was off by 8.3°F at worst. Treat it as a ballpark, not a measurement — and note the bite index above ignores it entirely, because an error that size would move the verdict as often as it would fix it.
What is the water level at Green Bay right now?
2.251 ft above LWD, read at 8:18 AM from NOAA CO-OPS station 9087077. Over 24 hours it is up 0.13 ft.
Are water levels rising or falling at Green Bay?
Falling. The lake is up 0.13 ft in 24 hours and down 0.42 ft over the week. Over the last 9 days it has held between 1.41 and 3.04 ft. Every figure here is a difference between two gauge readings, not a forecast — what the level does next depends on rain and on what the dam releases.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Green Bay?
That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, with the Department of Health Services publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where the Choose Wisely guidance covers every Wisconsin water, even untested ones, with tighter limits on specific lakes. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.
Do you need a licence to fish Green Bay?
Yes. A Wisconsin fishing license covers this water, required from age 16. Wisconsin DNR sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What size fish can you keep in Wisconsin?
It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: walleye, sauger and hybrids, largemouth and smallmouth bass (a combined total), northern pike. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.

Where these numbers come from

The bay level comes from the Green Bay East CO-OPS station; the Fox River gauge at the river mouth adds water temperature and how much fresh water is pushing in.

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