Prairie Rose Lake

Shelby County, IA

GOConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 5 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window

GO on Prairie Rose 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 Prairie Rose Lake in Shelby County, IA is GO, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 1 PM to 5 PM (America/Chicago). 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 13 mph, surface pressure near 978 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 68 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:25 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, 9:25 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SE · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
68°F

20°C · hum 49%

Pressure
28.88inHg

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
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    72° / 50°F
    7 mph · SEgust 26
    0.02 in
    ↓ -5.7 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    63° / 52°F
    7 mph · Wgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.3 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    Dry conditions across the window
    72° / 54°F
    8 mph · SEgust 30
    0.15 in
    ↓ -3.6 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    68° / 54°F
    6 mph · NWgust 20
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.7 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    Dry conditions across the window
    64° / 55°F
    9 mph · Egust 26
    0.56 in
    ↓ -0.9 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    Light winds
    61° / 55°F
    3 mph · SEgust 21
    1.02 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    63° / 55°F
    4 mph · Sgust 16
    0.03 in
    ↓ -2.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+6.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 31 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-5.4°F over 72h79–50°F range

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

Nearby waters

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