Stroud Reservoir

Garfield 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 Stroud 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 Stroud Reservoir in Garfield 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 7 mph out of the southwest, gusting to 7 mph, surface pressure near 904 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 clear. 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

SW · gust 7

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
39°F

4°C · hum 59%

Pressure
26.70inHg

Unstable

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Mon · Oct 26
    Now → 3 PM
    SKIP
    Sustained high wind
    50° / 34°F
    17 mph · SEgust 30
    0.00 in
    ↓ -13.4 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 36°F
    12 mph · Sgust 33
    0.03 in
    ↓ -1.6 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 39°F
    7 mph · SWgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.4 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    12 PM → 4 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    43° / 32°F
    7 mph · Ngust 14
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.0 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 32°F
    6 mph · Sgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -14.3 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 41°F
    6 mph · Sgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↑ +3.3 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 45°F
    5 mph · SWgust 11
    0.02 in
    ↓ -0.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+22.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Light rain
0.10 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
12 mph · gust 43 · S
Temperature
Cooler
-19.3°F over 72h64–25°F range

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

Nearby waters

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