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Reservoir Lake Loveland (Colorado) — a spot well known among anglers. About 1.8 km² in area. The town of Fort Collins is nearby. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Nearest towns and cities
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. Larger than 18 of the 20 waters nearby.
The longest fetch is 1 mi along the north — south axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Lake Loveland — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 56 °F — colder than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
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 flat: it moves no more than 0.03 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
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
Partly cloudy · feels like +58°
The day is 3 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?Colorado: 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 | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Black crappie | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Lake trout | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | active | peak |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Cutthroat trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | active |
| Walleye | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| White bass | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Lake Loveland — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Biting
Fish in 2 of 2 reports · Mostly Walleye
Anglers have logged 2 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Walleye, Smallmouth bass. Peak season: May–June.