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Bay Winnapaug Pond (Rhode Island) — a spot well known among anglers. About 2 km² in area. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. Larger than 12 of the 17 waters nearby.
The wind builds its wave along the west — east axis — 2 mi of open water; along north — south there is only 1 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
Rhode Island: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Striped bass | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Bluefish | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Flounder | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Winnapaug Pond — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 54 °F — colder than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Bluefish: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Bluefish works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 0.06 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 Bluefish here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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| -2.0 ft | -1.4 ft | -0.7 ft | -0.3 ft | -0.0 ft | 0.3 ft | 0.3 ft | -0.2 ft | -1.0 ft | -1.4 ft | -1.4 ft | -1.4 ft | -1.4 ft | -1.0 ft | -0.2 ft | 0.4 ft | 0.6 ft | 0.8 ft | 0.9 ft | 0.4 ft | -0.4 ft | -1.1 ft | -1.4 ft | -1.4 ft |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 2.8 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 2.8 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Cloudy · feels like +40°
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 fieldquiet, Kp 3.7
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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Winnapaug Pond — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
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