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River Potts Creek (West Virginia) — a popular fishing spot. About 8 km long. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
The course runs nearly straight: there are few bend pools, and the structure to look for is riffles and scour holes.
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West 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 |
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| Black crappie | active | peak |
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Potts Creek — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. 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 54 °F — colder than the 57–75 °F comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 0.03 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 crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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 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?| active |
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| White crappie | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active |
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| Brook trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Muskellunge | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Striped bass | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Walleye | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
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| White bass | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow |
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| Brown trout | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Largemouth bass | slow | fair | active | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
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| Blue catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Bluegill | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Flathead catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Spotted bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Potts Creek — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Measured river conditions are available for Potts Creek: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge POTTS CREEK NEAR COVINGTON, VA, 22 mi away · measured 2026-10-20 22:30 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision