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Recorded 5 catches of Spotted bass in Arizona. Most active — February–October. A day-by-day bite calendar for Spotted bass.
Thursday, September 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably.
Best time — 06:00–07:00 (dawn bite) and 18:00–20:00 (dusk bite).
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
In clear water, natural colors work best: jig or small crankbait.
It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.
A slow day — go only if you really feel like it.
The computed water temperature is around 91 °F — warmer than the 61–79 °F comfort range for Spotted bass: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Spotted bass works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 0.06 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
September is a slow season for Spotted bass: the best months fall at another time of year.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +89°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
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