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11 verified Smallmouth bass catches are linked to Mississippi River. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Smallmouth bass.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Mississippi River — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 53 °F — colder than the 59–75 °F comfort range for Smallmouth bass: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Smallmouth bass works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 0.21 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
October is an active season for Smallmouth bass here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +54°
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 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?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 |
|---|---|---|
| May | 3 | 27% |
| Jun | 2 | 18% |
| Sep | 1 | 9% |
| Oct | 1 | 9% |
| Nov | 4 | 36% |
Mississippi River (Minnesota) — a spot well known among anglers. About 616 km long. Close by — Saint Cloud, Minneapolis and Anoka. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Biting
Fish in 11 of 11 reports
Anglers have logged 11 fishing reports here. Peak season: May–November.