Smithwicks Lake

Big Stone County, MN

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

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

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MAYBE

Tue · Oct 27, 5 AM → 9 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Smithwicks Lake in Big Stone County, MN is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 7 mph out of the north, gusting to 16 mph; surface pressure near 992 hPa on an unstable trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 41 °F with overcast dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED October 26, 2026, 9:18 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

N · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
41°F

5°C · hum 91%

Pressure
29.29inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 39°F
    7 mph · Ngust 21
    0.27 in
    ↓ -6.6 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 39°F
    6 mph · Egust 18
    0.06 in
    ↓ -11.0 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    7 mph · Sgust 21
    0.22 in
    → +1.2 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 43°F
    6 mph · NWgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.8 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 41°F
    7 mph · Ngust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 46°F
    7 mph · SEgust 27
    0.05 in
    ↓ -8.0 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    6 mph · Sgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+17.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.44 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 52 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-19.3°F over 72h66–34°F range

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

Nearby waters

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