Lake Sakakawea

Mountrail County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
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Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Lake Sakakawea — light winds and rising pressure after a passing system for this window. Watch a front passing through. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

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MAYBE

Fri · Sep 11, Now → 8 AM (America/Chicago)

Full read

The latest cached fishing-weather read for Lake Sakakawea in Mountrail County, ND is MAYBE. Its highlighted window has passed, so use the 7-day forecast below for the next available window. The main factor in its favor was dry conditions across the window, while the main watch-out was a front passing through. Its cached forecast evidence included wind near 6 mph out of the west, gusting to 19 mph; surface pressure near 941 hPa on a rising trend; 0.00 inches of rain; and air temperature near 77 °F with clear dominant. Confidence in this cached read is medium; it was generated September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC, and reads refresh on a daily cadence. This is a weather-only read built from forecast weather; it does not yet use on-water reports, and confidence is capped until local water data or feedback exists.

UPDATED September 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTCBUCKET 2026-09-10ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
6mph

W · gust 19

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
77°F

25°C · hum 26%

Pressure
27.79inHg

Rising

7-Day Fishing Forecast

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

  1. Thu · Sep 10
    Window passed
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    88° / 50°F
    6 mph · Wgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↓ -11.9 hPa
  2. Fri · Sep 11
    Now → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    73° / 55°F
    6 mph · NEgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↑ +10.5 hPa
  3. Sat · Sep 12
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 48°F
    6 mph · Wgust 22
    0.00 in
    ↑ +6.2 hPa
  4. Sun · Sep 13
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 52°F
    4 mph · SEgust 30
    0.01 in
    ↓ -6.0 hPa
  5. Mon · Sep 14
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 52°F
    4 mph · Sgust 30
    0.16 in
    ↑ +5.6 hPa
  6. Tue · Sep 15
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 43°F
    4 mph · Wgust 21
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.4 hPa
  7. Wed · Sep 16
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    70° / 48°F
    4 mph · Sgust 17
    0.00 in
    ↓ -0.7 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Rising
+6.5 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.02 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
16 mph · gust 44 · W
Temperature
Cooler
-10.6°F over 72h84–55°F range

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

About Lake Sakakawea

Surface area
308,000 acres
Elevation
1,837.5 ft
Managing agency
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Omaha District)
Dam
Garrison Dam (Missouri River)

Primary species: Walleye, Northern pike, Smallmouth bass, Chinook salmon, Channel catfish.

Nearby waters

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