Sand Lake

Beaverhead County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 10 PM → 2 AM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Sand 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 Sand Lake in Beaverhead County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 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 7 mph out of the south, gusting to 16 mph, surface pressure near 755 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 21 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:19 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, 9:19 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

S · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
21°F

-6°C · hum 93%

Pressure
22.30inHg

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
    41° / 28°F
    12 mph · SEgust 32
    0.00 in
    ↓ -1.7 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    28° / 23°F
    10 mph · Wgust 25
    0.02 in
    ↓ -0.1 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    34° / 18°F
    6 mph · Sgust 21
    0.00 in
    → +3.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 21°F
    4 mph · SEgust 13
    0.00 in
    ↓ -2.2 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 25°F
    4 mph · SEgust 17
    0.06 in
    ↓ -3.9 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    37° / 23°F
    3 mph · SWgust 12
    0.06 in
    ↓ +2.6 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    36° / 18°F
    5 mph · SEgust 19
    0.24 in
    ↓ +4.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+14.6 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
1.26 in totallast 72h
Wind
Calm wind
7 mph · gust 21 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-9.5°F over 72h43–18°F range

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

Nearby waters

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