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Fort Worth Fishing Forecast

Should you go? A straight answer for Fort Worth — scored 0–100 from the actual wind, sky and barometer, not just moon tables. Built around trail running, cycling, kayaking.

Today on the water

Today
84/ 100
Prime fishing

Go — 4 mph N.

Boating: Great

Today’s bite windows

  • 6–8 AMGoodmoon overhead or underfoot + first light
  • 6–8 PMPrimemoon overhead or underfoot + last light

What’s driving it

  • Wind4 mph N, gusts 10
  • Sky38% rain chance
  • Barometer-0.01 inHg over the day
  • Moonlast quarter

The week ahead

Best day this week: Friday (92/100, prime) — 7 mph E, falling barometer, waning crescent.

DayFishingBoatingWind
Today84 PrimeGreat4 mph, gusts 10
Sun, 10/478 GoodGreat7 mph, gusts 19
Mon, 10/584 PrimeGreat8 mph, gusts 13
Tue, 10/687 PrimeGreat5 mph, gusts 8
Wed, 10/786 PrimeGreat4 mph, gusts 6
Thu, 10/883 PrimeGreat5 mph, gusts 10
Fri, 10/9★ best92 PrimeGreat7 mph, gusts 14

Ratings refresh through the day as the forecast models update. The dashboard shows the same scores with the charts behind them.

Best time to fish Fort Worth

No tide — the variables are storms, wind, and heat. Fall is the best stretch of the year on the Trinity Trails, spring mornings beat spring afternoons during storm season, and by midsummer the trail is a sunrise proposition.

On any given day, the windows above are the honest answer: they weight the solunar periods (moon overhead and underfoot), first and last light, and they subtract for wind that makes the water unfishable and for lightning. A slow day still shows its best hour or two, because that’s when you’d go.

How the rating works

Every day gets a 0–100 score from the same data the rest of Salty Forecast runs on: wind carries the most weight (32%), because it decides whether you can even fish, then sky, barometer and moon phase — there’s no tide to score on fresh water, so those weights are redistributed rather than counted as zero. A falling barometer ahead of a front scores high; a hard post-frontal rise scores low. Nothing here is a black box — the factor bars above show exactly what helped and what hurt.

Generic solunar calculators give Fort Worth the same “activity” times as a lake in Ohio, because they only look at the moon. The moon matters — it’s in here — but a 20 mph wind beats it every time, and that’s why this score reads the whole picture.

Live now on the dashboard

The full Fort Worth dashboard has this rating beside live radar, hourly wind and the 14-day outlook — free, no account.

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Common questions

Is today a good day to fish Fort Worth?
Today rates 84/100 (prime). Go — 4 mph N. This updates through the day as the forecast models refresh.
What time should I fish Fort Worth today?
Today's best windows are 6–8 AM (moon overhead or underfoot + first light) and 6–8 PM (moon overhead or underfoot + last light). First and last light plus the solunar periods carry the most weight on fresh water.
What's the best day to fish Fort Worth this week?
Friday looks strongest at 92/100 (prime) — 7 mph E, falling barometer, waning crescent. The week-ahead table above updates as the outlook firms up.
How is this different from a solunar calendar?
Solunar tables only track the moon, so every town gets the same "activity" times. This rating starts with what actually cancels trips — wind and lightning — then adds barometric trend and the moon. When a day scores Prime here, it means the whole picture lines up, not just the calendar.

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Scored from the Open-Meteo model blend and the marine models. A planning aid, not a guarantee — fish don’t read forecasts, and neither wind nor lightning cares about your plans. Check conditions before you run.