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Bay Perico Bayou (Florida) — a spot well known among anglers. About 1.3 km² in area. The town of Bradenton is nearby. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Friday, September 4
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.
Best time — 00:00–04:00 (nighttime activity).
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: soft-plastic jig or live bait.
It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must. A thunderstorm is possible — bring a rain jacket, and pack up at the first rumble of thunder.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 80 °F — warmer than the 61–79 °F comfort range for Black drum: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Black drum feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0.00 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.
September is an active season for Black drum here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
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| 0.1 ft | 0.4 ft | 0.7 ft | 0.9 ft | 0.9 ft | 0.8 ft | 0.6 ft | 0.2 ft | -0.3 ft | -0.7 ft | -1.0 ft | -1.3 ft | -1.4 ft | -1.5 ft | -1.4 ft | -1.2 ft | -1.0 ft | -0.7 ft | -0.5 ft | -0.4 ft | -0.3 ft | -0.3 ft | -0.3 ft | -0.2 ft |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 3.7 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 3.7 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Cloudy · feels like +97°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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?