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Bay Lynhaven Inlet (Virginia) — a spot well known among anglers. About 48 ha in area. Nearby towns: Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Portsmouth. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
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The basin is close to regular: the bank runs smooth and natural cover is scarce, so fish hold to the few anomalies — inflows, drop-offs and weed edges. Larger than 12 of the 14 waters nearby.
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 |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Lynhaven Inlet — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 00:00–04:00.
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 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 drum here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.6 ft | -0.1 ft | 0.4 ft | 0.8 ft | 1.1 ft | 1.1 ft | 0.9 ft | 0.5 ft | 0.0 ft | -0.4 ft | -0.7 ft | -0.7 ft | -0.4 ft | 0.1 ft | 0.7 ft | 1.1 ft | 1.4 ft | 1.5 ft | 1.3 ft | 0.8 ft | 0.2 ft | -0.4 ft | -0.8 ft | -1.0 ft |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 7.2 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 7.2 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Clear · feels like +51°
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 forecast. 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.
Lynhaven Inlet — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 00:00–04:00.
Biting
Fish in 4 of 4 reports · Mostly Spotted seatrout
Anglers have logged 4 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Spotted seatrout, Flounder. Peak season: year-round.