Cott Lake

Missoula County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Low
Best bite window
Now → 3 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Cott 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 Cott Lake in Missoula County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 11 AM to 3 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 3 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 9 mph, surface pressure near 869 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 48 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is low; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:46 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, 9:46 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
3mph

SE · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
48°F

9°C · hum 57%

Pressure
25.66inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 3 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 34°F
    3 mph · SEgust 38
    0.37 in
    ↓ -4.6 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 32°F
    4 mph · SWgust 24
    0.04 in
    → +1.8 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 27°F
    6 mph · Wgust 17
    0.17 in
    ↑ +5.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 27°F
    4 mph · NEgust 5
    0.00 in
    ↓ 0.0 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 30°F
    3 mph · Egust 4
    0.01 in
    ↓ -5.0 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 34°F
    4 mph · NEgust 5
    0.05 in
    ↓ +0.8 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 28°F
    3 mph · NEgust 9
    0.07 in
    ↑ +5.8 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+15.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.34 in totallast 72h
Wind
Calm wind
4 mph · gust 20 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-16.9°F over 72h52–30°F range

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

Nearby waters

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