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Recorded 30 catches here. Most commonly caught: Largemouth bass, Channel catfish, Flathead catfish. Peak season: year-round.
Columbus (Ohio) — a place to fish and relax by the water. Nearby: 1 river and 14 water bodies. 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.
Clear: 61–90 °F
The ranking weighs the regional forecast by water type, catches linked to each water body and distance from the city center.
Tap any fish to open its full forecast — the hours it bites, what it takes, and where it has been caught.
Clear · feels like +73°
The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
In clear water, natural colors work best: trolling spoon or spinner.
No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do.