Black Slough

Brookings County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Black 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 Black Slough in Brookings County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 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 6 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 12 mph, surface pressure near 952 hPa on a rising 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, 9:28 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 October 26, 2026, 9:28 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

NE · gust 12

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
41°F

5°C · hum 100%

Pressure
28.11inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 39°F
    12 mph · NEgust 27
    0.53 in
    ↓ -7.5 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 39°F
    6 mph · NEgust 29
    0.07 in
    ↓ -8.1 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    6 mph · Wgust 34
    0.11 in
    ↓ +0.3 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 45°F
    7 mph · Ngust 24
    0.00 in
    ↑ +8.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 43°F
    6 mph · NEgust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.7 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 48°F
    7 mph · Egust 30
    0.09 in
    ↓ -6.5 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 50°F
    8 mph · Sgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+14.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.07 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 50 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-22.0°F over 72h72–39°F range

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

Nearby waters

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