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Holston River (Tennessee) — a popular fishing spot. About 225 km long. Close by — Church Hill, Kingsport and Jefferson City. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
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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 largemouth bass typically sits.
Tennessee: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined. The bottom row counts the catches logged on this water in each month.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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| White crappie | peak | peak |
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Holston River — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 63 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.
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 flat: it moves no more than 0.03 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
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 +62°
The day is 2 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?| active |
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| Black crappie | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak |
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| Muskellunge | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Smallmouth bass | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Striped bass | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Walleye | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| White bass | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Largemouth bass | active | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair |
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| Brook trout | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Rainbow trout | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Carp | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Spotted bass | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Blue catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Bluegill | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Channel catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Flathead catfish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Catches here | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | 12 | 50% |
| Smallmouth bass | 9 | 38% |
| Spotted bass | 2 | 8% |
| Striped bass | 1 | 4% |
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.
Holston River — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 19:00–20:00.
Biting
Fish in 24 of 24 reports · Mostly Largemouth bass
Anglers have logged 24 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Spotted bass. Peak season: year-round.