Black Hawk Lake

Iowa County, WI

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Now → 1 PM (America/Chicago)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Black Hawk 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 Black Hawk Lake in Iowa County, WI is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Thu, Jul 23 from 9 AM to 1 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 3 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 7 mph, surface pressure near 984 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 68 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated July 23, 2026, 11:22 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 July 23, 2026, 11:22 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-07-23ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

SW · gust 7

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
68°F

20°C · hum 51%

Pressure
29.06inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Jul 23
    Now → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    79° / 50°F
    3 mph · SWgust 10
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.2 hPa
  2. Fri · Jul 24
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 57°F
    6 mph · Sgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.3 hPa
  3. Sat · Jul 25
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    81° / 59°F
    5 mph · SWgust 26
    0.04 in
    ↓ -5.5 hPa
  4. Sun · Jul 26
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    91° / 75°F
    4 mph · SEgust 29
    0.10 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa
  5. Mon · Jul 27
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    90° / 68°F
    10 mph · Sgust 26
    0.02 in
    ↓ -2.0 hPa
  6. Tue · Jul 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    82° / 66°F
    5 mph · Ngust 23
    0.00 in
    ↑ +8.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Jul 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    75° / 57°F
    6 mph · SEgust 24
    0.14 in
    ↓ +0.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+6.1 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.63 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
9 mph · gust 32 · NW
Temperature
Cooler
-7.4°F over 72h82–52°F range

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

Nearby waters

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