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United States / Washington / Chehalis River

Bite forecast: Chehalis River

  • length 128 mi
  • Flows into Grays Harbor
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 55–81 °F

  2. SaturdaySeptember 5weather-based forecast
    59/100medium activity

    Clear: 48–77 °F

  3. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    59/100medium activity

    Partly cloudy: 59–86 °F

Nearby towns

  • Aberdeen0.4 mi
  • Centralia0.8 mi

Chehalis River (Washington) — a popular fishing spot. About 206 km long. Flows into Grays Harbor. Close by — Aberdeen and Centralia. 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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Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Yellow perchCoho salmonSmallmouth bassWalleyeBrook troutCutthroat troutBlack crappieLake troutSteelheadWhitefishBluegillChannel catfishLargemouth bassRainbow troutChinook salmon

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 — 06:00–08:00 (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 69 °F — inside the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 57–75 °F comfort rangecomfort 57–75 °F69 °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 0.06 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 0.06 inHg change
00:00 · 29.9923:00 · 29.92 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

6 SepSunday, September 6
+76°

Partly cloudy · feels like +72°

Low / high
+56°…+81°
Precipitation
0.00 in
Wind
5 mph ENE
Cloud cover
36%
Humidity
26%
Pressure
29.96 inHg
00:00+63°—5 mphwest wind, 5 mph38%100%
01:00+63°—5 mphwest wind, 5 mph37%100%
02:00+62°—6 mphwest wind, 6 mph42%100%
03:00+62°—5 mphwest wind, 5 mph46%100%
04:00+60°—4 mphwest wind, 4 mph51%100%
05:00+60°—4 mphwest wind, 4 mph52%100%
06:00+56°—4 mphwest wind, 4 mph62%15%
07:00+58°—3 mphwest wind, 3 mph54%59%
08:00+62°—2 mphnorthwest wind, 2 mph44%13%
09:00+66°—3 mphnorth wind, 3 mph36%12%
10:00+70°—3 mphnortheast wind, 3 mph31%12%
11:00+73°—4 mphnortheast wind, 4 mph28%15%
12:00+76°—5 mphnortheast wind, 5 mph26%36%
13:00+78°—6 mpheast wind, 6 mph25%65%
14:00+79°—6 mpheast wind, 6 mph25%82%
15:00+80°—7 mphnortheast wind, 7 mph23%76%
16:00+81°—7 mphnortheast wind, 7 mph22%60%
17:00+80°—6 mphnortheast wind, 6 mph23%47%
18:00+76°—4 mpheast wind, 4 mph30%44%
19:00+70°—1 mphsoutheast wind, 1 mph41%44%
20:00+66°—3 mphsouthwest wind, 3 mph48%50%
21:00+64°—4 mphsouthwest wind, 4 mph48%67%
22:00+63°—5 mphsouthwest wind, 5 mph46%88%
23:00+63°—5 mphwest wind, 5 mph44%98%
+81°+68°+56°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Sunday, September 6
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:27
Sunset
19:31
Day length
13 h 4 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 19 min
UV index
5
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
00:44
Moonset
17:37

The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.

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

Solunar feeding periods

+11% in the windowSunday, September 6
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Minor00:14–01:14Moonrise
  • Major08:17–10:17Moon overhead
  • Minor17:07–18:07Moonset
  • Major20:47–22:47Moon underfoot

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?

Catches

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

  • Largemouth bass
    Chehalis River
    48 °F9 mph
    Jan 16, 2018

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