Waters · United States
Milwaukee River (Harbor) fishing report
Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
The harbour and river mouth hold staging salmon from August and brown trout right through winter around the warm-water discharge. City-centre fishing with genuine Great Lakes fish.
Today's report: excellent (87/100)
Brown Trout is the most promising species on Milwaukee River (Harbor) today. Water temperature is around 13.1°C and barometric pressure is stable. Gauge MILWAUKEE RIVER AT MOUTH AT MILWAUKEE, WI shows the water level falling (1 cm/24h).
Milwaukee River (Harbor) water temperature and flow
- Level trend: falling (1 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge MILWAUKEE RIVER AT MOUTH AT MILWAUKEE, WI · reading 35 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 00:00–02:00 local time — score 85/100
- 03:00–05:00 local time — score 77/100
- 06:00–08:00 local time — score 82/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Friday 9 Oct | Saturday 10 Oct | Sunday 11 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook salmon | 82 — excellent | 75 — good | 74 — good |
| Coho salmon | 84 — excellent | 76 — good | 74 — good |
| Brown Trout | 87 — excellent | 86 — excellent | 88 — excellent |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Milwaukee River (Harbor) rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- wind: helping (+0.9)
- precipitation: helping (+0.9)
- river flow: helping (+0.85)
Forecast computed Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:35:14 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge MILWAUKEE RIVER AT MOUTH AT MILWAUKEE, WI · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Read before you go
- Trout stream tactics, read through the forecast
- How river flow trend changes the bite
- Barometric pressure and fishing, explained
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