Smith Lake

Lewis and Clark County, MT

MAYBEConfidence · Low
Best bite window
Now → 6 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Smith 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 Smith Lake in Lewis and Clark County, MT is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Mon, Oct 26 from 2 PM to 6 PM (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 857 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 39 °F, with a dominant forecast of overcast. Confidence in this read is low; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:16 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, 9:16 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
4mph

E · gust 9

Rain / Weather
0in

Overcast

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 85%

Pressure
25.31inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    41° / 30°F
    4 mph · Egust 9
    0.00 in
    ↓ -9.7 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    SKIP
    Extreme gusts
    43° / 36°F
    10 mph · SWgust 58
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.7 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 28°F
    7 mph · SWgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↑ +10.3 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    36° / 25°F
    4 mph · Egust 7
    0.00 in
    → +1.9 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 27°F
    3 mph · Egust 3
    0.00 in
    ↓ -10.3 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    9 AM → 1 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 36°F
    7 mph · SWgust 11
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.7 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    3 PM → 7 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 34°F
    7 mph · SWgust 16
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.3 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+18.9 hPa over 72h
Rain
Wet stretch
0.82 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
7 mph · gust 39 · N
Temperature
Cooler
-19.6°F over 72h52–28°F range

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

Nearby waters

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