Balcom Lake

Oconto County, WI

GOConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 7 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window

GO on Balcom Lake — light winds and steady pressure trend for this window. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Balcom Lake in Oconto County, WI is GO, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 3 PM to 7 PM (America/Chicago). The main factor in its favor is dry conditions across the window, with no loud weather risk flagged for this window. During that window the forecast calls for wind near 7 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 12 mph, surface pressure near 1000 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 50 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:22 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, 9:22 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

NE · gust 12

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
50°F

10°C · hum 50%

Pressure
29.53inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 7 PM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    52° / 43°F
    7 mph · NEgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↑ +2.2 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 AM → 9 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    54° / 41°F
    7 mph · NEgust 22
    0.04 in
    ↓ -9.7 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    70° / 50°F
    6 mph · Sgust 31
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 PM → 8 PM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    64° / 48°F
    7 mph · NWgust 34
    0.09 in
    ↑ +7.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    61° / 43°F
    5 mph · NWgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.9 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    57° / 41°F
    6 mph · NEgust 17
    0.02 in
    ↓ -6.6 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    GO
    Dry conditions across the window
    57° / 50°F
    4 mph · SWgust 12
    0.02 in
    ↓ -3.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+3.1 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.03 in totallast 72h
Wind
Calm wind
6 mph · gust 22 · S
Temperature
Warmer
+0.4°F over 72h70–45°F range

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

Nearby waters

Weather data by Open-Meteo — CC BY 4.0. Fishing Weather derives the fishing read.