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Tackle, baits, spots and seasons — a full guide to catching Rainbow trout.
Read the guide →Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Virginia — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 56 °F — inside the 43–61 °F comfort range for Rainbow trout, so baseline activity is high.
Rainbow trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 0.06 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
October is a slow season for Rainbow trout: the best months fall at another time of year.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +56°
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?Biting
Fish in 6 of 6 reports
Anglers have logged 6 fishing reports here. Peak season: year-round.