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Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Illinois — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 00:00–04:00 and 23:00–23:00.
The computed water temperature is around 62 °F — colder than the 68–86 °F comfort range for Channel catfish: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Channel catfish feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is dropping 0.03 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
October is a slow season for Channel catfish: 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 +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?Biting
Fish in 2 of 2 reports
Anglers have logged 2 fishing reports here. Peak season: March–July.