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Crystal Lake (Nebraska) — a spot well known among anglers. About 2 ha in area. Nearest town — Hastings. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
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The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.
Nebraska: 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 | active | peak |
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Crystal Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 59 °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 dropping 0.06 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
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
Clear · feels like +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.
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?| active |
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| Black crappie | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
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| Muskellunge | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Striped bass | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
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| Walleye | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
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| White bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
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| Yellow perch | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Largemouth bass | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
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| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Carp | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Bluegill | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Flathead catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Crystal Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.