Cottonwood Lake

Modoc County, CA

MAYBEConfidence · Low
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 11 PM → 3 AM (America/Los_Angeles)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood Lake in Modoc County, CA is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 11 PM to 3 AM (America/Los_Angeles). 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 southwest, gusting to 14 mph, surface pressure near 780 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 28 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is low; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:29 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, 9:29 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 14

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
28°F

-2°C · hum 67%

Pressure
23.03inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    4 PM → 8 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 28°F
    11 mph · NWgust 42
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.4 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 28°F
    4 mph · SWgust 22
    0.00 in
    → +0.3 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 25°F
    3 mph · Wgust 9
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.1 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 30°F
    4 mph · Sgust 12
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.6 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 30°F
    5 mph · SWgust 21
    0.04 in
    ↑ +4.7 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 27°F
    6 mph · Sgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ +3.0 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 23°F
    4 mph · Wgust 8
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Falling
+2.4 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.19 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 35 · SW
Temperature
Warmer
+4.0°F over 72h50–25°F range

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

Nearby waters

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