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Recorded 5 catches of Chinook salmon in Oregon. Most active — October. A day-by-day bite calendar for Chinook salmon.
Thursday, September 3
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably.
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: trolling spoon or trolling plug.
Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 59 °F — warmer than the 43–59 °F comfort range for Chinook salmon: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Chinook salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 0.12 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
September is an average month for Chinook salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +44°
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.
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