Bowles Slough

Rock Island County, IL

MAYBEConfidence · Low
Best bite window
Now → 2 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Bowles Slough — light winds and dry conditions across the window 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 Bowles Slough in Rock Island County, IL is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 10 AM to 2 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 3 mph out of the south, gusting to 7 mph, surface pressure near 998 hPa on a steady trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 73 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is low; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:18 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 July 23, 2026, 11:18 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

S · gust 7

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
73°F

23°C · hum 42%

Pressure
29.47inHg

Steady

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Now → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 52°F
    3 mph · Sgust 11
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.7 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 59°F
    4 mph · Sgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 61°F
    7 mph · Sgust 19
    0.02 in
    ↓ -6.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 77°F
    6 mph · SWgust 34
    0.02 in
    ↓ -5.5 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    95° / 72°F
    10 mph · SEgust 36
    0.01 in
    ↓ -3.6 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 70°F
    7 mph · NEgust 27
    0.01 in
    ↑ +9.2 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 63°F
    7 mph · SEgust 23
    0.04 in
    ↓ +0.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+6.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.39 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
7 mph · gust 25 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-10.1°F over 72h82–59°F range

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

Nearby waters

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