Bates Reservoir

Campbell County, WY

MAYBEConfidence · Medium
Best bite window
Tue · Oct 27, 5 PM → 9 PM (America/Denver)
Main reason
dry conditions across the window
Main risk
a front passing through

MAYBE on Bates 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 Bates Reservoir in Campbell County, WY is MAYBE, with the best four-hour window on Tue, Oct 27 from 5 PM to 9 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 5 mph out of the west, gusting to 16 mph, surface pressure near 880 hPa on an unstable trend, and rainfall totaling 0.00 inches over the four hours. Air temperature in the window sits near 50 °F, with a dominant forecast of clear. Confidence in this read is medium; it was generated October 26, 2026, 9:39 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, 9:39 AM UTCBUCKET 2026-10-26ENGINE 0.7.0

Conditions at a glance

Wind
5mph

W · gust 16

Rain / Weather
0in

Clear

Temp
50°F

10°C · hum 21%

Pressure
25.99inHg

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
    48° / 36°F
    11 mph · SEgust 38
    0.00 in
    ↓ -12.9 hPa
  2. Tue · Oct 27
    5 PM → 9 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 36°F
    5 mph · Wgust 36
    0.00 in
    ↑ -1.2 hPa
  3. Wed · Oct 28
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    57° / 39°F
    6 mph · Egust 14
    0.00 in
    ↑ +4.6 hPa
  4. Thu · Oct 29
    6 AM → 10 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    59° / 37°F
    4 mph · Sgust 19
    0.00 in
    ↑ +5.0 hPa
  5. Fri · Oct 30
    4 AM → 8 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    61° / 39°F
    7 mph · Egust 43
    0.00 in
    ↓ -10.0 hPa
  6. Sat · Oct 31
    8 AM → 12 PM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    64° / 48°F
    7 mph · Sgust 40
    0.00 in
    ↓ +1.2 hPa
  7. Sun · Nov 1
    7 AM → 11 AM
    MAYBE
    A front passing through
    54° / 43°F
    4 mph · Ngust 13
    0.09 in
    → +0.9 hPa

Last 3 days

Recent context — what just happened

Pressure
Unstable
+22.0 hPa over 72h
Rain
Dry stretch
0.00 in totallast 72h
Wind
Gusty
13 mph · gust 45 · SE
Temperature
Cooler
-23.6°F over 72h75–34°F range

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

Nearby waters

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