Wood Lake

Benson County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Jul 24, 6 PM → 10 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Wood 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 Wood Lake in Benson County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Jul 24 from 6 PM to 10 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 south, gusting to 10 mph, surface pressure near 955 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 77 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:28 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, 11:28 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

S · gust 10

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
77°F

25°C · hum 69%

Pressure
28.20inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 61°F
    9 mph · SWgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.8 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 66°F
    6 mph · Sgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.8 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 64°F
    7 mph · NEgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↑ +2.4 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    104° / 66°F
    7 mph · Egust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.2 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 64°F
    8 mph · NWgust 20
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.8 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 59°F
    4 mph · SEgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 66°F
    5 mph · Sgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+12.4 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 38 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-7.4°F over 72h84–55°F range

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

Nearby waters

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