Island Lake

Stillwater County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Fri · Sep 11, 10 PM → 2 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Island 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 Island Lake in Stillwater County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Fri, Sep 11 from 10 PM to 2 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 4 mph out of the east, gusting to 9 mph, surface pressure near 694 hPa on a rising trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 32 °F, with a dominant forecast of fog. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:21 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, 1:21 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

E · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0in

Fog

Temp
32°F

0°C · hum 88%

Pressure
20.49inHg

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° / 37°F
    19 mph · SWgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.1 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    6 PM → 10 PM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    50° / 34°F
    12 mph · SWgust 49
    0.07 in
    ↑ +7.2 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 32°F
    6 mph · Sgust 26
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.1 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 28°F
    6 mph · SEgust 48
    0.03 in
    ↓ -1.6 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    1 PM → 5 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 23°F
    7 mph · Wgust 21
    0.01 in
    ↑ +8.4 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 27°F
    6 mph · Sgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.7 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 27°F
    4 mph · Wgust 8
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.2 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+12.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
20 mph · gust 48 · SW
Temperature
Cooler
-7.2°F over 72h52–27°F range

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

Nearby waters

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