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United States / Idaho / Wind River

Bite forecast: Wind River

  • length 6 mi
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    61/100high activity

    Clear: 37–55 °F

  2. WednesdaySeptember 2weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Cloudy: 46–57 °F

  3. ThursdaySeptember 3weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Cloudy: 39–54 °F

Wind River (Idaho) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 9 km long. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.

Nearby rivers

  • Sheep Creek6 mi
  • French Creek9 mi

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeEmerald Lake4 mi
  • LakeBear Lake5 mi
  • LakeUpper Slate Lake8 mi
  • LakeSlate Lake8 mi
  • LakeMarshall Lake8 mi
  • LakeHidden Lake9 mi
  • LakeQuartzite Lake9 mi
  • LakeHurst Lake9 mi
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Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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Tue
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Thu
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Brook troutYellow perchBurbotCutthroat troutLake troutSmallmouth bassSteelheadWalleyeWhitefishBlack crappieChinook salmonRainbow troutBrown troutCarpBluegillChannel catfishLargemouth bass

Black crappie

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–22:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: small jig or minnow bait.

Gear

Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 55 °F — colder than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 57–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 57–75 °F55 °F
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Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

The day: daylight hours and when Black crappie feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is dropping 0.06 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 0.06 inHg change
00:00 · 29.7723:00 · 29.70 inHg

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.

Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

September is an average month for Black crappie here.

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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

2 SepWednesday, September 2
+47°

Cloudy · feels like +38°

Low / high
+46°…+57°
Precipitation
0.00 in
Wind
15 mph W
Cloud cover
100%
Humidity
81%
Pressure
29.74 inHg
00:00+49°—4 mpheast wind, 4 mph77%99%
01:00+47°—10 mphsoutheast wind, 10 mph82%99%
02:00+47°—13 mphsoutheast wind, 13 mph73%82%
03:00+47°—12 mphsoutheast wind, 12 mph73%100%
04:00+47°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph71%95%
05:00+46°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph72%92%
06:00+46°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph73%99%
07:00+46°—13 mphsoutheast wind, 13 mph70%100%
08:00+47°—13 mphsoutheast wind, 13 mph71%100%
09:00+49°—13 mphsoutheast wind, 13 mph72%100%
10:00+52°—12 mphsouth wind, 12 mph70%100%
11:00+50°—16 mphwest wind, 16 mph71%100%
12:00+47°—15 mphwest wind, 15 mph81%100%
13:00+54°—12 mphsouthwest wind, 12 mph57%0%
14:00+55°—14 mphsouthwest wind, 14 mph39%100%
15:00+57°—17 mphsouthwest wind, 17 mph26%21%
16:00+57°—18 mphsouthwest wind, 18 mph25%45%
17:00+57°—18 mphsouthwest wind, 18 mph26%79%
18:00+55°—17 mphsouthwest wind, 17 mph31%95%
19:00+54°—15 mphsouthwest wind, 15 mph33%100%
20:00+51°—12 mphsouthwest wind, 12 mph35%100%
21:00+49°—14 mphsouthwest wind, 14 mph36%95%
22:00+48°—15 mphsouthwest wind, 15 mph41%100%
23:00+47°—13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph47%100%
+57°+51°+46°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Wednesday, September 2
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:58
Sunset
20:11
Day length
13 h 13 min
Sunshine hours
7 h
UV index
2
low
Moon
Waning gibbous
Moonrise
22:36
Moonset
13:41

The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.

Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

Solunar feeding periods

+12% in the windowWednesday, September 2
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:45–06:45Moon overhead
  • Minor13:11–14:11Moonset
  • Major17:12–19:12Moon underfoot
  • Minor22:06–23:06Moonrise

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?