Long Lake

Jerauld 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 Long 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 Long Lake in Jerauld 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 952 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 37 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:17 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, 9:17 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

NW · gust 6

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
37°F

3°C · hum 100%

Pressure
28.11inHg

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
    39° / 37°F
    11 mph · NEgust 21
    0.61 in
    ↓ -7.7 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 37°F
    4 mph · NWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -10.2 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 46°F
    7 mph · Sgust 31
    0.15 in
    ↑ +4.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 43°F
    3 mph · SEgust 13
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.5 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    4 mph · NEgust 27
    0.01 in
    ↓ -1.8 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 50°F
    6 mph · SEgust 25
    0.03 in
    ↓ -6.4 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    8 mph · Sgust 23
    0.05 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+18.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.20 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 40 · N
Temperature
Cooler
-26.8°F over 72h77–37°F range

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

Nearby waters

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