Donleys Reservoir

Rosebud County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Donleys Reservoir — 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 Donleys Reservoir in Rosebud County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 4 AM to 8 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 5 mph out of the southeast, gusting to 15 mph, surface pressure near 908 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 36 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; 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
5mph

SE · gust 15

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
36°F

2°C · hum 93%

Pressure
26.81inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    SKIP
    Sustained high wind
    52° / 36°F
    17 mph · SEgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -14.0 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 36°F
    5 mph · SEgust 36
    0.00 in
    → -1.2 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 39°F
    7 mph · Wgust 24
    0.00 in
    ↑ +7.7 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 36°F
    9 mph · NEgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.5 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 36°F
    7 mph · SEgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↓ -14.2 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    4 mph · SWgust 14
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.5 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 43°F
    3 mph · SEgust 20
    0.11 in
    ↓ -0.6 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+22.4 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
10 mph · gust 48 · E
Temperature
Cooler
-9.9°F over 72h68–28°F range

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

Nearby waters

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