Smith Lake

Rock County, NE

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 8 PM → 12 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Smith 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).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Smith Lake in Rock County, NE is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 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 north, gusting to 9 mph, surface pressure near 934 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 41 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:40 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, 9:40 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

N · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
41°F

5°C · hum 99%

Pressure
27.58inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    6 PM → 10 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 37°F
    7 mph · Ngust 20
    0.93 in
    ↓ -5.9 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 39°F
    3 mph · Wgust 31
    0.00 in
    ↓ -7.5 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    7 mph · Wgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.8 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 45°F
    5 mph · NEgust 14
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 48°F
    6 mph · Egust 17
    0.01 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 54°F
    4 mph · Sgust 20
    0.11 in
    ↓ -3.4 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    8 mph · Sgust 21
    0.01 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+15.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.73 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
14 mph · gust 41 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-25.9°F over 72h79–39°F range

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

Nearby waters

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