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Arizona: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White crappie | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak |
| Black crappie | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak |
| Striped bass | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| White bass | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | slow | fair |
| Largemouth bass | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair | active | active |
| Rainbow trout | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | slow | fair |
| Blue catfish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Flathead catfish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Grass carp | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Spotted bass | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
East Fork White River (Arizona) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 44 km long. Nearest town — Whiteriver. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
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The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
East Fork White River — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 06:00–08:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 80 °F — warmer than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Black crappie 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.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Black crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +82°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
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.
What are solunar periods?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
East Fork White River — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 06:00–08:00 and 18:00–19:00.
Measured river conditions are available for East Fork White River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge EAST FORK WHITE RIVER NEAR FORT APACHE, AZ., 0.9 mi away · measured 2026-10-20 20:30 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision