Ruddy Slough

Burke County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Ruddy Slough — 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 Ruddy Slough in Burke County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 4 AM to 8 AM (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 5 mph out of the north, gusting to 15 mph, surface pressure near 923 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 55 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:29 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:29 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

N · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
55°F

13°C · hum 61%

Pressure
27.26inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 52°F
    11 mph · Wgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.6 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 52°F
    5 mph · Ngust 31
    0.03 in
    ↑ +10.3 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 45°F
    7 mph · Ngust 24
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.9 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 45°F
    4 mph · NEgust 25
    0.02 in
    ↓ -5.3 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 45°F
    7 mph · Sgust 29
    0.32 in
    ↑ +4.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 41°F
    6 mph · Wgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.3 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 48°F
    6 mph · SWgust 18
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+5.4 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.17 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
15 mph · gust 50 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-9.4°F over 72h75–54°F range

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

Nearby waters

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