Upper Salmon Lake

Sierra County, CA

GOConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 9 PM → 1 AM (America/Los_Angeles)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window

GO on Upper Salmon Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Upper Salmon Lake in Sierra County, CA is GO, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 9 PM to 1 AM (America/Los_Angeles). The main factor in its favor is dry conditions across the window, with no loud weather risk flagged for this window. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 7 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 15 mph, surface pressure near 788 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 28 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather alone; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED October 26, 2026, 9:17 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SE · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
28°F

-2°C · hum 73%

Pressure
23.27inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

One read per day — the bite call, the window, the weather behind it

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    43° / 36°F
    24 mph · SWgust 45
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.4 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    Dry conditions across the window
    43° / 28°F
    14 mph · Sgust 32
    0.00 in
    → +1.9 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    57° / 25°F
    6 mph · NEgust 7
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    52° / 30°F
    4 mph · Egust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    43° / 28°F
    4 mph · SEgust 21
    0.04 in
    ↑ +4.1 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    45° / 23°F
    4 mph · Sgust 19
    0.00 in
    → +2.8 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    52° / 23°F
    4 mph · Egust 9
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Falling
+2.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 41 · E
Temperature
Warmer
+2.9°F over 72h52–30°F range

Weather-only read. Confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

Nearby waters

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