Hay Creek Reservoir

Rosebud County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Wed · Oct 28, 4 AM → 8 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Hay Creek 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 Hay Creek Reservoir in Rosebud County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Wed, Oct 28 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 7 mph out of the west, gusting to 9 mph, surface pressure near 918 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 41 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:34 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, 9:34 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

W · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
41°F

5°C · hum 57%

Pressure
27.11inHg

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° / 37°F
    17 mph · SEgust 28
    0.00 in
    ↓ -13.8 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 36°F
    5 mph · Sgust 35
    0.03 in
    → -1.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 39°F
    7 mph · Wgust 22
    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
    ↑ +6.6 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 36°F
    13 mph · SEgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -14.3 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 43°F
    4 mph · SWgust 13
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.4 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    10 AM → 2 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 45°F
    4 mph · SEgust 20
    0.17 in
    ↓ -0.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+22.7 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
8 mph · gust 50 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-10.8°F over 72h66–27°F range

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

Nearby waters

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