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Colorado River (Texas) — a popular fishing spot. About 992 km long. Nearest town — Austin. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
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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. The longest river around: all 18 neighbours are shorter.
Green check: this species was recorded here by GBIF. Species without a check may still occur in the waterbody.
Occurs in this waterbody — confirmed by observations. Source: GBIF
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Colorado River — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–21:00.
The computed water temperature is around 72 °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
Partly cloudy · feels like +67°
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?Texas: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White crappie | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak |
| Black crappie | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak |
| Smallmouth bass | active | active | peak | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | slow | fair |
| Striped bass | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Walleye | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | slow | fair |
| White bass | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | slow | fair |
| Largemouth bass | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Blue catfish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Flathead catfish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Grass carp | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Bluegill | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Spotted bass | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Catches here | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 6 | 86% |
| Red drum | 1 | 14% |
Green check: this species was recorded here by GBIF. Species without a check may still occur in the waterbody.
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Occurs in this waterbody — confirmed by observations. Source: GBIF
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Colorado River — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 19:00–21:00.
Biting
Fish in 7 of 7 reports · Mostly Largemouth bass
Anglers have logged 7 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Largemouth bass, Red drum. Peak season: year-round.
Measured river conditions are available for Colorado River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge Colorado Rv at Austin, TX, 16 mi away · measured 2026-10-20 20:50 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision