🔥 Bite forecast
Should you go today?
Live snakehead bite conditions — season, temperature, barometric-pressure trend, cloud & wind, plus the dawn/dusk topwater windows. Updated 5:57 PM ET.
📍 Your spot
Upper Machodoc Creek
creek · Northern snakehead · VA
🔥
FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🌡️ 80°F
💨 10 mph
☁️ 59%
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 80°F — ideal topwater temps☁️ Overcast — topwater stays on longer
Best windows today — 🌅 Dawn 5:31 AM–7:31 AM · 🌇 Dusk 6:57 PM–8:57 PM
Today
🟡
95°
Wed
🔥
86°
Thu
🔥
84°
Fri
🔥
82°
Sat
🔥
82°
Sun
🔥
85°
Mon
🔥
92°
📅 Best day to go: Wed — 🔥 FIRE, high 86°
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Regional outlook
Maryland130 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 78°F — ideal topwater temps
Today
🟢
93°
Wed
🔥
86°
Thu
🔥
79°
Fri
🔥
80°
Sat
🔥
79°
Sun
🔥
80°
Mon
🔥
86°
🌅 5:27 AM–7:27 AM · 🌇 6:57 PM–8:57 PM
Hawaii1 water · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 80°F — ideal topwater temps
Today
🔥
80°
Wed
🔥
80°
Thu
🔥
79°
Fri
🔥
78°
Sat
🔥
78°
Sun
🔥
78°
Mon
🔥
81°
🌅 5:31 AM–7:31 AM · 🌇 5:45 PM–7:45 PM
District of Columbia6 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 81°F — ideal topwater temps☁️ Overcast — topwater stays on longer
Today
🔥
93°
Wed
🔥
86°
Thu
🔥
83°
Fri
🔥
81°
Sat
🔥
83°
Sun
🔥
88°
Mon
🔥
89°
🌅 5:30 AM–7:30 AM · 🌇 6:59 PM–8:59 PM
Virginia60 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 83°F — ideal topwater temps
Today
🔥
93°
Wed
🔥
87°
Thu
🔥
83°
Fri
🔥
81°
Sat
🔥
84°
Sun
🔥
87°
Mon
🔥
92°
🌅 5:31 AM–7:31 AM · 🌇 6:58 PM–8:58 PM
Delaware26 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 82°F — ideal topwater temps
Today
🔥
86°
Wed
🔥
86°
Thu
🔥
80°
Fri
🔥
80°
Sat
🔥
82°
Sun
🔥
85°
Mon
🔥
87°
🌅 5:23 AM–7:23 AM · 🌇 6:54 PM–8:54 PM
Pennsylvania16 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 78°F — fish are active
Today
🔥
84°
Wed
🔥
88°
Thu
🔥
82°
Fri
🔥
82°
Sat
🔥
84°
Sun
🔥
87°
Mon
🔥
88°
🌅 5:20 AM–7:20 AM · 🌇 6:55 PM–8:55 PM
New Jersey14 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 75°F — fish are active
Today
🔥
85°
Wed
🔥
90°
Thu
🔥
83°
Fri
🔥
83°
Sat
🔥
84°
Sun
🔥
88°
Mon
🔥
88°
🌅 5:19 AM–7:19 AM · 🌇 6:53 PM–8:53 PM
New York4 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 76°F — fish are active
Today
🔥
80°
Wed
🔥
86°
Thu
🔥
83°
Fri
🔥
86°
Sat
🔥
85°
Sun
🔥
90°
Mon
🔥
89°
🌅 5:12 AM–7:12 AM · 🌇 6:52 PM–8:52 PM
Florida69 waters · established
🔥 FIRE
Prime topwater — go now
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 92°F — fish are active
Today
🟡
96°
Wed
🔥
87°
Thu
🔥
95°
Fri
🔥
95°
Sat
🔥
95°
Sun
🟡
96°
Mon
🔥
92°
🌅 6:11 AM–8:11 AM · 🌇 6:43 PM–8:43 PM
Mississippi2 waters · established
🟡 SLOW
Tough, but possible
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 100°F — cold, bite slows
Today
🟡
100°
Wed
🔥
95°
Thu
🔥
93°
Fri
🟡
95°
Sat
🔥
95°
Sun
🟡
101°
Mon
🟡
102°
🌅 5:36 AM–7:36 AM · 🌇 6:42 PM–8:42 PM
Arkansas21 waters · established
🟡 SLOW
Tough, but possible
🗓️ Peak snakehead season🌡️ 98°F — cold, bite slows
Today
🟡
98°
Wed
🔥
92°
Thu
🔥
92°
Fri
🟡
97°
Sat
🟡
98°
Sun
🟡
101°
Mon
🟡
104°
🌅 5:37 AM–7:37 AM · 🌇 6:44 PM–8:44 PM
Weather from Open-Meteo. The bite model blends season, temperature, barometric-pressure trend, cloud cover and wind — snakehead are warm-water topwater ambush predators, best at dawn and dusk. It's a guide, not a guarantee. Always confirm local regulations before you fish. 🎣