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United States / Pennsylvania / Reservoir Tailing Pond

Bite forecast: Reservoir Tailing Pond

  • 16 acres
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 3weather-based forecast
    65/100high activity

    Cloudy: 70–86 °F

  2. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    65/100high activity

    Cloudy: 59–79 °F

  3. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    64/100high activity

    Clear: 52–81 °F

Nearby towns

  • Lebanon5 mi

Reservoir Tailing Pond (Pennsylvania) — a popular fishing spot. About 6 ha in area. The town of Lebanon is nearby. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.

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Nearby rivers

  • Hammer Creek8 mi
  • Quittapahilla Creek9 mi
  • Tulpehocken Creek9 mi

Nearby water bodies

  • ReservoirCornwall Reservoir1 mi
  • LakePenryn Lake2 mi
  • ReservoirSpeedwell Forge Lake5 mi
  • LakeSpeedwell Forge Lake5 mi
  • LakeConewago Lake5 mi
  • ReservoirLions Lake7 mi
  • ReservoirMiddle Creek Reservoir8 mi

Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
Mon
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Yellow perchCoho salmonMuskellungePikeSmallmouth bassWalleyeWhite bassBlack crappieBluegillBrook troutCarpChannel catfishFlathead catfishLake troutSteelheadWhite crappieWhitefishChinook salmonLargemouth bassRainbow trout

Black crappie

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–20:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.

Lures

The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: small jig or minnow bait.

Gear

It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must. A thunderstorm is possible — bring a rain jacket, and pack up at the first rumble of thunder.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 73 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 57–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 57–75 °F73 °F
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Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

The day: daylight hours and when Black crappie feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is dropping 0.09 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 0.09 inHg change
00:00 · 30.0123:00 · 29.91 inHg

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.

Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

September is an active season for Black crappie here.

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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

3 SepThursday, September 3
+82°

Cloudy · feels like +89°

Low / high
+69°…+85°
Precipitation
0.00 in
Wind
8 mph WSW
Cloud cover
94%
Humidity
74%
Pressure
29.96 inHg
00:00+70°0.06 in4 mphnorthwest wind, 4 mph92%100%
01:00+71°—9 mphnortheast wind, 9 mph93%100%
02:00+70°—4 mphnortheast wind, 4 mph92%100%
03:00+70°0.11 in0 mphnortheast wind, 0 mph92%100%
04:00+70°—2 mphwest wind, 2 mph91%100%
05:00+70°0.02 in2 mpheast wind, 2 mph93%100%
06:00+70°—2 mphsouth wind, 2 mph92%100%
07:00+69°—5 mphwest wind, 5 mph91%100%
08:00+72°—3 mphwest wind, 3 mph91%31%
09:00+76°—8 mphsouthwest wind, 8 mph87%93%
10:00+78°—10 mphsouthwest wind, 10 mph85%85%
11:00+80°—9 mphwest wind, 9 mph80%100%
12:00+82°—8 mphwest wind, 8 mph74%94%
13:00+83°—8 mphwest wind, 8 mph68%100%
14:00+84°—8 mphwest wind, 8 mph65%100%
15:00+85°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph64%54%
16:00+85°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph63%100%
17:00+84°—9 mphwest wind, 9 mph64%100%
18:00+84°—6 mphnorthwest wind, 6 mph68%49%
19:00+77°0.03 in5 mphsouth wind, 5 mph85%41%
20:00+74°0.13 in3 mphnortheast wind, 3 mph93%78%
21:00+73°—2 mpheast wind, 2 mph94%23%
22:00+71°0.01 in2 mpheast wind, 2 mph96%10%
23:00+70°—2 mpheast wind, 2 mph96%16%
+85°+77°+69°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Thursday, September 3
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:33
Sunset
19:34
Day length
13 h 1 min
Sunshine hours
10 h 12 min
UV index
5
moderate
Moon
Last quarter
Moonrise
22:56
Moonset
13:49

The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.

Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

Solunar feeding periods

+12% in the windowThursday, September 3
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:55–06:55Moon overhead
  • Minor13:19–14:19Moonset
  • Major17:25–19:25Moon underfoot
  • Minor22:26–23:26Moonrise

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?