Pilot Knob Lake

Hancock County, IA

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 5 PM → 9 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Pilot Knob Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Watch a front passing through. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Pilot Knob Lake in Hancock County, IA is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 5 PM to 9 PM (America/Chicago). The main factor in its favor is dry conditions across the window, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 6 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 19 mph, surface pressure near 974 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 54 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:32 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, 9:32 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SW · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
54°F

12°C · hum 91%

Pressure
28.76inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 5 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 46°F
    14 mph · NEgust 27
    0.05 in
    ↓ -5.7 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 48°F
    6 mph · SWgust 37
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 52°F
    7 mph · Sgust 34
    0.17 in
    ↓ -4.9 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 52°F
    7 mph · NEgust 29
    0.01 in
    ↑ +10.4 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    6 mph · Egust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.4 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 50°F
    7 mph · SEgust 25
    0.72 in
    ↓ -5.1 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 54°F
    4 mph · Sgust 9
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.2 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 30 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-9.0°F over 72h75–46°F range

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

Nearby waters

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