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27 verified Rainbow trout catches are linked to Sacramento River. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Rainbow trout.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Sacramento River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 06:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 67 °F — warmer than the 43–61 °F comfort range for Rainbow trout: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Rainbow trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 0.09 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
October is a slow season for Rainbow trout: 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 +63°
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?BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | 11% |
| Feb | 1 | 4% |
| Mar | 2 | 7% |
| Apr | 4 | 15% |
| May | 2 | 7% |
| Jun | 1 | 4% |
| Jul | 3 | 11% |
| Aug | 5 | 19% |
| Sep | 1 | 4% |
| Oct | 3 | 11% |
| Nov | 2 | 7% |
Sacramento River (California) — a spot well known among anglers. About 600 km long. Close by — Redding, Sacramento and Antioch. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Biting
Fish in 27 of 27 reports
Anglers have logged 27 fishing reports here. Peak season: year-round.