Stickney Lake

Aurora County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Sat · Sep 12, 3 PM → 7 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Stickney 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 Stickney Lake in Aurora County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Sat, Sep 12 from 3 PM to 7 PM (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 8 mph, surface pressure near 959 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 75 °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
7mph

NE · gust 8

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
75°F

24°C · hum 29%

Pressure
28.32inHg

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
    82° / 55°F
    12 mph · Sgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -10.0 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    97° / 68°F
    11 mph · Wgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.6 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    77° / 61°F
    7 mph · NEgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↑ +10.5 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 55°F
    8 mph · Egust 30
    0.26 in
    ↓ -2.4 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 57°F
    6 mph · SWgust 40
    1.23 in
    ↑ +3.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    7 mph · NWgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 55°F
    4 mph · Egust 13
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+5.4 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
11 mph · gust 38 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-9.4°F over 72h84–59°F range

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

Nearby waters

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