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Bay Hampton Roads (Virginia) — a spot well known among anglers. About 108.6 km² in area. Close by — Newport News, Hampton and Norfolk. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. 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 shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 12 neighbours are smaller.
The longest fetch is 12 mi along the west — east axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Hampton Roads — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 00:00–03:00.
The computed water temperature is around 56 °F — colder than the 61–79 °F comfort range for Black drum: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black drum feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is rising 0.06 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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 drum here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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| -0.4 ft | -0.0 ft | 0.4 ft | 0.6 ft | 0.5 ft | 0.4 ft | 0.4 ft | 0.2 ft | -0.2 ft | -0.4 ft | -0.4 ft | -0.3 ft | -0.2 ft | 0.0 ft | 0.5 ft | 0.9 ft | 0.9 ft | 0.8 ft | 0.7 ft | 0.5 ft | -0.0 ft | -0.6 ft | -0.7 ft | -0.6 ft |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 0.6 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 0.6 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
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?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Hampton Roads — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 00:00–03:00.
Virginia: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black drum | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Flounder | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Red drum | fair | fair | active | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| Sheepshead | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak |
| Striped bass | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Bluefish | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
| Cobia | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Spotted seatrout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| King mackerel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Spanish mackerel | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tarpon | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
Biting
Fish in 3 of 3 reports · Mostly Striped bass
Anglers have logged 3 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Striped bass, Spotted seatrout. Peak season: April.