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Lake Tahoe (California) — a popular fishing spot. About 494.4 km² in area, up to 501 m deep. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 7 neighbours are smaller.
The wind builds its wave along the north — south axis — 22 mi of open water; along west — east there is only 13 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
Other nearby waters
California: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | peak | peak |
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Lake Tahoe — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 68 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.
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 +66°
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?Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Lake Tahoe — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
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| Black crappie | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active |
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| White crappie | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active |
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| Smallmouth bass | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Striped bass | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| White bass | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Largemouth bass | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active |
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| Rainbow trout | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Bluegill | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Carp | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Chinook salmon | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Cutthroat trout | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | active | fair | fair | fair | slow | slow |
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| Spotted bass | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Blue catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Brook trout | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Channel catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Coho salmon | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow |
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| Flathead catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Lake trout
Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Lake trout. Peak season: July.