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6 verified Walleye catches are linked to Des Moines River. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Walleye.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Des Moines River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 59 °F — inside the 50–72 °F comfort range for Walleye, so baseline activity is high.
Walleye 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.
October is an active season for Walleye here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +65°
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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 1 | 17% |
| Jun | 5 | 83% |
Des Moines River (Iowa) — a popular fishing spot. About 666 km long. Nearby towns: Des Moines and Norwalk. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
Biting
Fish in 6 of 6 reports
Anglers have logged 6 fishing reports here. Peak season: March–June.