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United States / Texas / Neches River

Bite forecast: Neches River

  • length 360 mi
  • Flows into Sabine Lake, Sabine Pass basin
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 10weather-based forecast
    26/100low activity

    Partly cloudy: 73–95 °F

  2. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    25/100low activity

    Cloudy: 75–90 °F

  3. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    23/100low activity

    Clear: 75–99 °F

Nearby towns

  • Tyler9 mi
  • Lufkin10 mi
  • Lumberton11 mi

Neches River (Texas) — a spot well known among anglers. About 580 km long. Flows into Sabine Lake, Sabine Pass basin. Close by — Tyler, Lufkin and Lumberton. 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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Catches

Recorded 1 catch here. Most commonly caught: Largemouth bass. Peak season: February.

  • Largemouth bass
    Neches River
    48 °F9 mph
    Feb 03, 2018

Nearby rivers

  • Box Creek4 mi

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeMoore Lake4 mi
  • LakeHorseshoe Lake5 mi
  • LakeCoon Pond5 mi
  • LakeGrove Lakes5 mi
  • LakeGrove Lakes5 mi
  • LakeWilkins Lake9 mi
  • LakeDuren Lake9 mi
  • LakeDecker Lake9 mi

Bite calendar

7–Sep 13
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?

In the fish list, this icon marks species recorded here by GBIF. Unmarked species may still occur in the waterbody.

Black crappieStriped bassWhite crappieLargemouth bassSmallmouth bassWalleyeWhite bassBlue catfishBluegillCarpChannel catfishFlathead catfishGrass carpSpotted bass

Black crappie

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 07:00–09:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: small jig or minnow bait.

Gear

It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 84 °F — warmer than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 57–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 57–75 °F84 °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

10 SepThursday, September 10
+88°

Clear · feels like +91°

Low / high
+74°…+96°
Precipitation
0.00 in
Wind
9 mph SSE
Cloud cover
1%
Humidity
44%
Pressure
30.03 inHg
00:00+84°—14 mphsoutheast wind, 14 mph51%11%
01:00+82°—17 mphsoutheast wind, 17 mph57%15%
02:00+80°—16 mphsoutheast wind, 16 mph63%14%
03:00+78°—13 mphsoutheast wind, 13 mph68%12%
04:00+77°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph72%12%
05:00+75°—10 mphsoutheast wind, 10 mph75%19%
06:00+74°—8 mphsoutheast wind, 8 mph78%28%
07:00+74°—7 mphsoutheast wind, 7 mph77%31%
08:00+75°—7 mphsoutheast wind, 7 mph72%23%
09:00+78°—6 mphsoutheast wind, 6 mph64%10%
10:00+81°—7 mphsoutheast wind, 7 mph57%0%
11:00+85°—8 mphsoutheast wind, 8 mph51%0%
12:00+88°—9 mphsoutheast wind, 9 mph44%1%
13:00+91°—10 mphsoutheast wind, 10 mph39%4%
14:00+94°—10 mphsoutheast wind, 10 mph35%7%
15:00+95°—10 mphsoutheast wind, 10 mph32%12%
16:00+96°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph30%19%
17:00+96°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph29%33%
18:00+95°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph30%51%
19:00+93°—11 mphsoutheast wind, 11 mph31%58%
20:00+91°—9 mphsoutheast wind, 9 mph34%45%
21:00+88°—7 mphsoutheast wind, 7 mph37%23%
22:00+85°—7 mphsoutheast wind, 7 mph41%9%
23:00+83°—10 mphsoutheast wind, 10 mph45%15%
+96°+85°+74°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Thursday, September 10
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
07:25
Sunset
19:55
Day length
12 h 30 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 16 min
UV index
6
high
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
06:26
Moonset
19:17

The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.

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

Solunar feeding periods

+16% in the windowThursday, September 10
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major00:00–01:32Moon underfoot
  • Minor05:56–06:56Moonrise
  • Major11:56–13:56Moon overhead
  • Minor18:47–19:47Moonset

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?

Measured river conditions are available for Neches River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.

Water

Gauge height
202.98 ft
Streamflow
201 ft³/s

USGS gauge Neches Rv at SH 294 nr Alto, TX, 0.1 mi away · measured 2026-09-04 08:30 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision