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Mohawk River (New York) — a spot well known among anglers. About 234 km long. Nearby towns: Amsterdam, Schenectady and Utica. 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.
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The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Mohawk River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 49 °F — colder than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
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 0.09 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 +42°
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?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Caught here in 2 fishing reports.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Mohawk River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
New York: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined. The bottom row counts the catches logged on this water in each month.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak |
| White crappie | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Black crappie | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Lake trout | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | active | peak |
| Striped bass | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Muskellunge | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | active |
| Walleye | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| White bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Coho salmon | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Chinook salmon | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Burbot | fair | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Catches here | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Walleye | 9 | 36% |
| Smallmouth bass | 6 | 24% |
| Yellow perch | 4 | 16% |
| Black crappie | 2 | 8% |
| Largemouth bass | 1 | 4% |
| Pike | 1 | 4% |
| Rainbow trout | 1 | 4% |
| Sauger | 1 | 4% |
Measured river conditions are available for Mohawk River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge MOHAWK RIVER NEAR UTICA NY, 8 mi away · measured 2026-10-20 22:30 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision
Biting
Fish in 25 of 25 reports · Mostly Walleye
Anglers have logged 25 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Walleye, Smallmouth bass, Yellow perch. Peak season: January–September.