Lake Sakakawea

Mountrail County, ND

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Wed · Oct 28, 5 AM → 9 AM (America/Chicago)
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 and pressure swinging. Weather-only read (no on-water history calibrating this yet).

Full read

The current fishing-weather read for Lake Sakakawea in Mountrail County, ND is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Wed, Oct 28 from 5 AM to 9 AM (America/Chicago). 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 24 mph, surface pressure near 946 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 37 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 8:52 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, 8:52 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
7mph

SW · gust 24

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
37°F

3°C · hum 91%

Pressure
27.94inHg

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
    46° / 28°F
    8 mph · Egust 24
    0.00 in
    ↓ -10.1 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    2 PM → 6 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    46° / 36°F
    12 mph · Sgust 29
    0.00 in
    ↓ -13.7 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    5 AM → 9 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    55° / 37°F
    7 mph · SWgust 31
    0.00 in
    ↑ +9.5 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    48° / 34°F
    7 mph · Wgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↑ +8.3 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    52° / 32°F
    3 mph · Egust 33
    0.00 in
    ↓ -8.3 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    63° / 41°F
    6 mph · SEgust 34
    0.00 in
    ↓ -6.0 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    50° / 45°F
    3 mph · Ngust 19
    0.32 in
    ↑ +1.4 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+25.3 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
14 mph · gust 50 · N
Temperature
Cooler
-22.0°F over 72h72–27°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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