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Tarpon lives in Virginia. Today's bite forecast, a day-by-day and hour-by-hour activity calendar, best time and baits.
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
In clear water, natural colors work best: trolling plug or live bait.
It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.
A slow day — go only if you really feel like it.
The computed water temperature is around 74 °F — inside the 72–86 °F comfort range for Tarpon, so baseline activity is high.
Tarpon 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 0.00 inHg over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
September is a slow season for Tarpon: 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 +94°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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.
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