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Lake Koocanusa

Northwest Montana / Kootenai National Forest · Montana · the full record

Your trip

Kept on this device only. Nothing about your trip is sent anywhere.

Reading official sources…

Cannot tell

Cannot tell

Decided by: Closure check. Poor if any factor is poor. Otherwise cannot establish if access, launch or the closure check cannot be established, or if the trip needs a current reading that cannot be had. Otherwise conditional if any factor is conditional or unknown. Otherwise good.

  • Closure check

    Cannot tell

    The closure scan has not been read yet.

    Missing: The live read

  • Current official data

    Cannot tell

    The official readings have not been read yet.

    Missing: The live read

  • Weather and water exposure

    Cannot tell

    The trip depends on weather or tide that cannot be read here.

    Missing: The live read

  • Access for a shore trip

    Fits with checks

    Named sites are launches; bank access around them is not described.

    Rexford Bench recreation complex boat launch and facilities (USFS / developed) · Peck Gulch, Rocky Gorge, McGillivray, and Barron Creek public boat launches (USFS — select named site) · Other published Kootenai National Forest and USACE public launches along Lake Koocanusa (select named site)

    How this works on the water

  • Logistics

    Fits with checks

    Permits, hours or parking limits are noted.

    permit

  • Checks on the day

    Fits with checks

    5 checks have to be done on the day.

    Select a specific named public launch (Rexford Bench, Peck Gulch, Rocky Gorge, McGillivray, etc.) and confirm open status. · Check current FWP regulations for Lake Koocanusa. · Review NWS forecasts for the Libby / Eureka corridor before launching. · Confirm district assignment and any Exceptions to Standard Regulations (hoot-owl, spawning closures). · Same-day FWP check required at https://fwp.mt.gov/fish/regulations

  • Access certainty

    Fits

    3 named public sites on the official page.

    Rexford Bench recreation complex boat launch and facilities (USFS / developed) · Peck Gulch, Rocky Gorge, McGillivray, and Barron Creek public boat launches (USFS — select named site) · Other published Kootenai National Forest and USACE public launches along Lake Koocanusa (select named site)

  • Daylight and return

    Fits

    No times set; the sun times are printed.

    sunset 19:28 at the water · civil dusk 20:00 at the water

    How this works on the water

  • Regulations

    Fits

    No special rules are noted on the record. Read the standard rules on the agency's page on the day; Waterways does not read them.

  • Documented hazards

    Fits

    No standing hazard is documented beyond wind and tide.

The check, in order

Record this check to see what changes next time.

  1. The site for this tripCheck

    Named sites are launches; bank access around them is not described. Rexford Bench recreation complex boat launch and facilities (USFS / developed); Peck Gulch, Rocky Gorge, McGillivray, and Barron Creek public boat launches (USFS — select named site); Other published Kootenai National Forest and USACE public launches along Lake Koocanusa (select named site).

    Official page
  2. Closure languageCannot tell

    Not read yet.

    Official page
  3. Official observationsCannot tell

    Not read yet.

  4. WeatherCannot tell

    Not read yet.

  5. RegulationsCheck

    Read today's rules on the agency page.

    Regulations
  6. On the dayCheck

    Select a specific named public launch (Rexford Bench, Peck Gulch, Rocky Gorge, McGillivray, etc.) and confirm open status.

    Official page
  7. On the dayCheck

    Check current FWP regulations for Lake Koocanusa.

    Official page
  8. On the dayCheck

    Review NWS forecasts for the Libby / Eureka corridor before launching.

    Official page
  9. On the dayCheck

    Confirm district assignment and any Exceptions to Standard Regulations (hoot-owl, spawning closures).

    Official page
  10. On the dayCheck

    Same-day FWP check required at https://fwp.mt.gov/fish/regulations

    Official page
  11. Official accessEstablished

    3 named sites as of the page read on 2026-09-24. Confirm the one you use is open today.

    Official page
  12. Record freshnessEstablished

    The official page was last read automatically on 2026-09-24.

    Official page
  13. Daylight and returnEstablished

    No times set; the sun times are printed. sunset 19:28 at the water · civil dusk 20:00 at the water.

Hypothetical · you set this

What changes if…

These change a copy of the evidence, never a reading. Nothing here is a forecast.