Swift Bear Lake

Todd County, SD

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 7 PM → 11 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Swift Bear 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 Swift Bear Lake in Todd County, SD is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 7 PM to 11 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 5 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 8 mph, surface pressure near 923 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 34 °F, with a dominant forecast of light snow. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:52 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, 9:52 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

NE · gust 8

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Light snow

Temp
34°F

1°C · hum 100%

Pressure
27.26inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 34°F
    5 mph · NEgust 16
    0.70 in
    ↓ -7.0 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 36°F
    7 mph · Sgust 38
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.9 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 46°F
    7 mph · Sgust 26
    0.01 in
    ↑ +5.8 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 45°F
    6 mph · Sgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.5 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 46°F
    3 mph · Egust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 52°F
    8 mph · SEgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.1 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 52°F
    7 mph · NWgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+20.2 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.53 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
14 mph · gust 40 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-27.0°F over 72h84–36°F range

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

Nearby waters

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