Bracken Slough

Beadle 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 Bracken Slough — 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 Bracken Slough in Beadle 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 4 mph out of the northwest, gusting to 6 mph, surface pressure near 969 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 39 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:46 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, 9:46 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

NW · gust 6

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 98%

Pressure
28.61inHg

Unstable

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
    41° / 39°F
    9 mph · NEgust 21
    0.56 in
    ↓ -7.9 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 39°F
    4 mph · NWgust 24
    0.02 in
    ↓ -10.4 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 48°F
    7 mph · Sgust 29
    0.17 in
    ↑ +4.4 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 43°F
    4 mph · SEgust 14
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 45°F
    5 mph · NEgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.7 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 52°F
    7 mph · SEgust 23
    0.02 in
    ↓ -6.5 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    9 mph · SEgust 25
    0.14 in
    ↓ -2.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+18.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.39 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 41 · NE
Temperature
Cooler
-25.7°F over 72h79–37°F range

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

Nearby waters

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