Long Branch Lake

Beaverhead 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 Long Branch Lake — 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 Long Branch Lake in Beaverhead 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 6 mph out of the west, gusting to 5 mph, surface pressure near 752 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 19 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:27 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, 9:27 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

W · gust 5

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
19°F

-7°C · hum 89%

Pressure
22.21inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 25°F
    8 mph · Sgust 29
    0.04 in
    ↓ -2.9 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 PM → 9 PM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    28° / 21°F
    13 mph · Wgust 42
    0.07 in
    ↓ +0.1 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 18°F
    6 mph · Wgust 22
    0.00 in
    → +3.8 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    39° / 21°F
    4 mph · SWgust 14
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.6 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 25°F
    3 mph · SWgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↓ -5.0 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 25°F
    5 mph · Wgust 12
    0.05 in
    ↓ +3.1 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 23°F
    4 mph · SWgust 20
    0.02 in
    ↓ +4.0 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+15.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.47 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
5 mph · gust 26 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-12.2°F over 72h43–14°F range

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

Nearby waters

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