McChesney Reservoir

Phillips County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Mon · Oct 26, 11 PM → 3 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on McChesney 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 McChesney Reservoir in Phillips County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 11 PM to 3 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 northeast, gusting to 12 mph, surface pressure near 897 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 34 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:24 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, 9:24 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

NE · gust 12

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
34°F

1°C · hum 92%

Pressure
26.49inHg

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
    50° / 30°F
    9 mph · Egust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -12.7 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 34°F
    4 mph · Ngust 42
    0.02 in
    ↓ -2.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    45° / 32°F
    7 mph · Wgust 25
    0.00 in
    ↑ +11.0 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 28°F
    4 mph · Ngust 9
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.7 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 30°F
    7 mph · Egust 25
    0.00 in
    ↓ -14.3 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 39°F
    3 mph · Wgust 18
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.2 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 43°F
    4 mph · Sgust 16
    0.03 in
    ↓ -0.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+21.7 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.22 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 37 · N
Temperature
Cooler
-21.4°F over 72h66–28°F range

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

Nearby waters

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