Milton Reservoir

Saline County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Thu · Jul 23, 8 PM → 12 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Milton 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 Milton Reservoir in Saline County, NE is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 8 PM to 12 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 6 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 16 mph, surface pressure near 961 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 72 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:20 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, 11:20 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SE · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
72°F

22°C · hum 72%

Pressure
28.38inHg

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
    75° / 63°F
    7 mph · SEgust 16
    0.20 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    86° / 68°F
    7 mph · SEgust 22
    0.02 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    108° / 72°F
    9 mph · SWgust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    113° / 79°F
    13 mph · SWgust 37
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.7 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    117° / 82°F
    9 mph · NWgust 40
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.2 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 75°F
    8 mph · NEgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    102° / 70°F
    4 mph · Sgust 17
    0.01 in
    ↓ -1.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+9.1 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Calm wind
7 mph · gust 23 · N
Temperature
Cooler
-14.2°F over 72h97–63°F range

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

Nearby waters

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