Carlson Lake

Lincoln 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 Carlson Lake — 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 Carlson Lake in Lincoln 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 northwest, gusting to 12 mph, surface pressure near 969 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 45 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:50 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, 9:50 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

NW · gust 12

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
45°F

7°C · hum 98%

Pressure
28.61inHg

Rising

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
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    45° / 43°F
    14 mph · Egust 32
    1.00 in
    ↓ -7.0 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 45°F
    6 mph · NWgust 23
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.4 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 54°F
    7 mph · SWgust 30
    0.04 in
    ↓ -1.1 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    6 mph · Ngust 16
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    7 mph · Egust 30
    0.01 in
    ↓ -2.5 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 52°F
    7 mph · SEgust 28
    0.18 in
    ↓ -3.5 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    6 mph · SEgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+12.7 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
15 mph · gust 41 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-22.9°F over 72h77–45°F range

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

Nearby waters

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