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United States / Massachusetts / Lake Lower Banjo Pond

Bite forecast: Lake Lower Banjo Pond

  • 7 acres
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 3weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Cloudy: 66–77 °F

  2. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    62/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 61–81 °F

  3. FridaySeptember 4weather-based forecast
    58/100medium activity

    Clear: 63–86 °F

Lake Lower Banjo Pond (Massachusetts) — a spot well known among anglers. About 3 ha in area. Close by — Gloucester, Beverly and Salem. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.

Nearby towns

  • Gloucester1 mi
  • Beverly10 mi
  • Salem12 mi

Nearby rivers

  • Annisquam River1 mi

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeUpper Banjo Pond0.2 mi
  • ReservoirFernwood Lake0.5 mi
  • ReservoirBuswell Pond1 mi
  • ReservoirWallace Pond1 mi
  • ReservoirMill Pond1 mi
  • ReservoirLily Pond2 mi
  • LakeStrangman Pond2 mi
  • ReservoirBabson Reservoir2 mi
  • ReservoirDykes Pond2 mi
  • ReservoirGoose Cove Resevoir2 mi
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Bite calendar

7–Sep 13
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
PikeYellow perchSmallmouth bassStriped bassWalleyeBrook troutBlack crappieBluegillCarpChannel catfishLake troutWhite crappieBrown troutLargemouth bassRainbow trout

Black crappie

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.

Lures

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

Gear

It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 70 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 57–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 57–75 °F70 °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 flat: it moves no more than 0.00 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.

Pressure through the day, 0.00 inHg change
00:00 · 30.1023:00 · 30.09 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 active season for Black crappie here.

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

8 SepTuesday, September 8
+79°

Partly cloudy · feels like +77°

Low / high
+57°…+80°
Precipitation
0.00 in
Wind
10 mph SW
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
47%
Pressure
30.04 inHg
00:00+60°—6 mphsouthwest wind, 6 mph83%85%
01:00+59°—6 mphsouthwest wind, 6 mph87%54%
02:00+58°—5 mphsouthwest wind, 5 mph90%30%
03:00+57°—5 mphsouthwest wind, 5 mph94%25%
04:00+57°—5 mphsouthwest wind, 5 mph97%27%
05:00+58°—5 mphsouthwest wind, 5 mph97%33%
06:00+60°—6 mphsouthwest wind, 6 mph94%43%
07:00+63°—6 mphsouthwest wind, 6 mph88%57%
08:00+66°—7 mphsouthwest wind, 7 mph80%66%
09:00+70°—8 mphsouthwest wind, 8 mph69%64%
10:00+75°—9 mphsouthwest wind, 9 mph56%57%
11:00+78°—10 mphsouthwest wind, 10 mph47%56%
12:00+79°—10 mphsouthwest wind, 10 mph47%72%
13:00+78°—9 mphsouthwest wind, 9 mph51%94%
14:00+78°—9 mphsouthwest wind, 9 mph54%100%
15:00+79°—10 mphsouthwest wind, 10 mph53%73%
16:00+80°—11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph51%31%
17:00+80°—11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph51%5%
18:00+78°—11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph56%12%
19:00+74°—10 mphsouthwest wind, 10 mph63%36%
20:00+70°—9 mphsouthwest wind, 9 mph70%57%
21:00+68°—6 mphsouthwest wind, 6 mph77%70%
22:00+65°—2 mphwest wind, 2 mph85%81%
23:00+64°—2 mphnorth wind, 2 mph91%87%
+80°+69°+57°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Tuesday, September 8
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:17
Sunset
19:05
Day length
12 h 48 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 38 min
UV index
5
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
03:01
Moonset
17:56

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

+11% in the windowTuesday, September 8
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Minor02:31–03:31Moonrise
  • Major09:36–11:36Moon overhead
  • Minor17:26–18:26Moonset
  • Major22:03–00:00Moon underfoot

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?