Houtwed Reservoir

Nuckolls County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 5 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Houtwed Reservoir — 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 Houtwed Reservoir in Nuckolls County, NE is MAYBE, 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, and the main watch-out is a front passing through. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 7 mph out of the south, gusting to 18 mph, surface pressure near 960 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 64 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:56 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, 9:56 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

S · gust 18

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
64°F

18°C · hum 84%

Pressure
28.35inHg

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
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 55°F
    7 mph · Sgust 24
    0.30 in
    ↓ -4.5 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 46°F
    7 mph · Ngust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 55°F
    7 mph · Wgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.0 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    72° / 54°F
    7 mph · NEgust 21
    0.10 in
    ↑ +3.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 57°F
    6 mph · Egust 29
    0.67 in
    → +1.3 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 55°F
    7 mph · Sgust 22
    0.06 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 54°F
    6 mph · Sgust 24
    0.02 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+8.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 35 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-5.9°F over 72h79–48°F range

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

Nearby waters

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