Long Lake

Lake County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 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. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Long Lake in Lake County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 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 southeast, gusting to 18 mph, surface pressure near 950 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 63 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:30 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:30 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

SE · gust 18

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
63°F

17°C · hum 81%

Pressure
28.05inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 50°F
    7 mph · Sgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -8.1 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 61°F
    6 mph · SEgust 37
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.3 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 59°F
    7 mph · Ngust 30
    0.00 in
    ↑ +12.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 54°F
    9 mph · Egust 34
    0.19 in
    ↓ -1.4 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    11 AM → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 55°F
    7 mph · SWgust 39
    0.41 in
    ↓ -0.9 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 48°F
    7 mph · NWgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.6 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 54°F
    7 mph · SEgust 18
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+4.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.58 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 45 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-9.9°F over 72h86–54°F range

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

Nearby waters

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