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Paria River (Arizona) — a popular fishing spot. About 52 km long. The town of Page is nearby. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Nearest towns and cities
The course meanders heavily: the current digs a pool on the outside of every bend and builds a bar on the inside. Those pools under the undercut bank are where largemouth bass typically sits.
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 |
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Paria River — Wednesday, October 21
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
Cloudy · 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 fieldquiet, Kp 3.7
Kp index — NOAA forecast. 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.
Paria River — Wednesday, October 21
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 Paria River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge PARIA RIVER AT LEES FERRY, AZ, 11 mi away · measured 2026-10-21 00:00 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision