Bill Lake

Stillwater County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 10 PM → 2 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Bill 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 Bill Lake in Stillwater County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 10 PM to 2 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 6 mph out of the northeast, gusting to 7 mph, surface pressure near 746 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 39 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:21 PM 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 September 10, 2026, 1:21 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

NE · gust 7

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 93%

Pressure
22.03inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    SKIP
    Sustained high wind
    66° / 43°F
    16 mph · SWgust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.3 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 41°F
    12 mph · SWgust 45
    0.02 in
    ↑ +7.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 36°F
    3 mph · SEgust 33
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.7 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 34°F
    5 mph · SEgust 50
    0.04 in
    ↓ +0.7 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 27°F
    7 mph · Sgust 27
    0.02 in
    → +6.8 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 32°F
    6 mph · Sgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ +2.0 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 32°F
    3 mph · NWgust 7
    0.00 in
    ↓ +0.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+12.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
16 mph · gust 46 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-5.9°F over 72h61–34°F range

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

Nearby waters

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