Columbia Road Reservoir

Brown 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 Columbia Road Reservoir — 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 Columbia Road Reservoir in Brown 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 7 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 13 mph, surface pressure near 974 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 36 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. 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
7mph

NE · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
36°F

2°C · hum 96%

Pressure
28.76inHg

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° / 36°F
    10 mph · NEgust 20
    0.14 in
    ↓ -7.0 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 36°F
    7 mph · NEgust 19
    0.02 in
    ↓ -11.8 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 45°F
    6 mph · SWgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.8 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 41°F
    4 mph · NWgust 7
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.6 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 37°F
    9 mph · NEgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 45°F
    6 mph · Egust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -8.1 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 50°F
    6 mph · SEgust 23
    0.08 in
    ↓ -3.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+20.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.09 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 40 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-23.2°F over 72h75–30°F range

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

Nearby waters

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