Cottonwood Lake

Saguache County, CO

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 8 PM → 12 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Cottonwood Lake — light winds and dry conditions across the window 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 Saguache County, CO is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 8 PM to 12 AM (America/Denver). 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 16 mph, surface pressure near 615 hPa on a steady trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 16 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:41 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, 9:41 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
16°F

-9°C · hum 62%

Pressure
18.16inHg

Steady

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    23° / 12°F
    10 mph · Wgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -3.2 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    27° / 12°F
    12 mph · SWgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -4.0 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 18°F
    7 mph · SWgust 15
    0.00 in
    ↓ +3.6 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 18°F
    6 mph · SWgust 9
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.6 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    36° / 23°F
    4 mph · SWgust 6
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.3 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    32° / 19°F
    4 mph · SWgust 9
    0.08 in
    ↓ -1.2 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    28° / 19°F
    7 mph · SWgust 11
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+5.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
1.84 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
22 mph · gust 50 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-8.8°F over 72h30–19°F range

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

Nearby waters

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