Blacktail Lake

Lake County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Wed · Oct 28, 9 AM → 1 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Blacktail 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 Blacktail Lake in Lake County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Wed, Oct 28 from 9 AM to 1 PM (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 4 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 9 mph, surface pressure near 741 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.02 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 21 °F, with a dominant forecast of light drizzle. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:17 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, 9:17 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

SW · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0.02in

Light drizzle

Temp
21°F

-6°C · hum 91%

Pressure
21.88inHg

Unstable

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
    37° / 25°F
    11 mph · Sgust 28
    0.72 in
    ↓ -4.3 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 AM → 9 AM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    25° / 19°F
    28 mph · Wgust 42
    1.02 in
    ↓ +1.3 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    27° / 18°F
    4 mph · SWgust 14
    0.22 in
    ↑ +5.8 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    28° / 14°F
    4 mph · SEgust 7
    0.03 in
    ↓ -0.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    30° / 16°F
    5 mph · Egust 4
    0.01 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    32° / 19°F
    2 mph · Sgust 5
    0.08 in
    ↓ -0.7 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    25° / 12°F
    3 mph · NWgust 7
    0.10 in
    ↑ +7.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+14.8 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.44 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 26 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-9.9°F over 72h39–21°F range

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

Nearby waters

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