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Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Steelhead
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Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Steelhead. Peak season: December.
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River Walnut Creek (Pennsylvania) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 57 km long. The town of Erie 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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The course meanders heavily: the current digs a pool on the outside of every bend and builds a bar on the inside. Those pools under the undercut bank are where pike typically sits. The longest river around: all 8 neighbours are shorter.
Pennsylvania: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | peak | peak | active | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Black crappie | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
| White crappie | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
| Lake trout | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | active | peak | active | peak | peak |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Muskellunge | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Walleye | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Whitefish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | active | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| White bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Chinook salmon | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Coho salmon | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Flathead catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Walnut Creek — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 56 °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 rising 0.09 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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 +55°
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?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Walnut Creek — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Measured river conditions are available for Walnut Creek: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge Walnut Creek Upstream Pool, near Erie, PA, 9 mi away · measured 2026-10-20 22:45 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision
Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Steelhead
Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Steelhead. Peak season: December.