Duckhead Lake

Sanders County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 5 PM → 9 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Duckhead Lake — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system 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 Duckhead Lake in Sanders County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 5 PM to 9 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 7 mph out of the west, gusting to 13 mph, surface pressure near 799 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 45 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:30 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, 1:30 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

W · gust 13

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
45°F

7°C · hum 75%

Pressure
23.59inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    57° / 45°F
    14 mph · SWgust 35
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.8 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 36°F
    7 mph · Wgust 28
    0.85 in
    ↑ +8.3 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 32°F
    4 mph · NEgust 9
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.6 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    36° / 30°F
    6 mph · Ngust 14
    0.66 in
    ↑ +6.5 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 28°F
    3 mph · Sgust 5
    0.01 in
    ↓ +1.9 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 30°F
    2 mph · Egust 4
    0.04 in
    → +3.7 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 32°F
    3 mph · Sgust 4
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.5 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+3.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.94 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 35 · W
Temperature
Warmer
+1.6°F over 72h54–37°F range

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

Nearby waters

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