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Reservoir Oakland Lake (Kentucky) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 8 ha in area. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Kentucky: 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 | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active |
| Black crappie | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
| Striped bass | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Largemouth bass | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Muskellunge | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Walleye | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow |
| White bass | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Blue catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Flathead catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Spotted bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Oakland Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 61 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.
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 0.00 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.
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
Cloudy · feels like +59°
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?Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Oakland Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.