Fort Peck Lake

Valley County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Fort Peck 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).

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MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, 5 AM → 9 AM (America/Denver)

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The latest cached fishing-weather read for Fort Peck Lake in Valley County, MT is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 7 mph out of the northwest, gusting to 17 mph; surface pressure near 913 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 68 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

NW · gust 17

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
68°F

20°C · hum 34%

Pressure
26.96inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    84° / 55°F
    10 mph · NWgust 27
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.3 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    66° / 50°F
    6 mph · NEgust 30
    0.02 in
    ↑ +12.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 50°F
    5 mph · NWgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.3 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    3 PM → 7 PM
    SKIP
    Sustained high wind
    55° / 50°F
    16 mph · Egust 30
    0.13 in
    ↓ -8.5 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    7 PM → 11 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 46°F
    6 mph · Wgust 35
    0.06 in
    ↑ +10.6 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 45°F
    4 mph · SWgust 9
    0.00 in
    → +2.8 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    68° / 48°F
    3 mph · Ngust 13
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+8.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
5.13 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 49 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-5.9°F over 72h77–50°F range

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

About Fort Peck Lake

Fort Peck Lake, in Valley County, MT, is Fort Peck Reservoir is the largest body of water in the state.

Primary species: Walleye, Northern pike, Lake trout, Smallmouth bass, Chinook salmon, Channel catfish, Paddlefish, Sauger.

Notable structure: cobble and boulder substrates along the dam face.

Nearby waters

Weather data by Open-Meteo — CC BY 4.0. Fishing Weather derives the fishing read.