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Pactola Reservoir Fishing Outlook

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Today's fishing outlook for Pactola Reservoir is included for everyone. Earn Pro for a 3-day outlook, or Elite for the full 7-day week — including best fishing times and solunar activity windows.

Today's Fishing Outlook

Tuesday, October 27

3/5

Fishing Outlook

Good

Today

A worthwhile fishing day with a usable activity window and generally fishable conditions.

Moderate wind, low rain chance

Best window

Minor

5:50 PM–6:50 PM

Minor activity overlaps sunrise or sunset

Secondary window

Major

12:35 AM–2:35 AM

Secondary morning window

Fishing Windows Timeline

Local time · activity windows, not hourly scores

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Fishing Outlook combines traditional activity periods, sunrise and sunset timing, wind, rain chance, and weather conditions to help compare fishing days and times. It does not predict whether fish will bite.

Sun, Moon & Solunar Details

Solunar Forecast

Pactola Reservoir · October 27, 2026

Major and minor solunar periods for today.

Solunar Activity

★★★★★

Moderate

Moderate midday solunar period.

Strongest Solunar Period

12:57 PM – 2:57 PM

Major Activity Period

Next Activity

9:04 AM – 10:04 AM

Minor Activity Period

Solunar Activity

QuietPeak
1:57 PM
Moon Underfoot
7:24 AM
Sunrise
10h 26m
Daylight
5:51 PM
Sunset
1:32 AM
Moon Overhead

Pro Tip  The midday major period (12:57 PM–2:57 PM) is driven by the moon directly underfoot at 1:57 PM.

Moon Phase Calendar

Sun

Oct 25

Waxing Gibbous (100%)

100%

Mon

Oct 26

Full Moon (99%)

99%

Tue

Oct 27

Waning Gibbous (97%)

97%

Wed

Oct 28

Waning Gibbous (92%)

92%

Thu

Oct 29

Waning Gibbous (85%)

85%

Fri

Oct 30

Waning Gibbous (77%)

77%

Sat

Oct 31

Waning Gibbous (67%)

67%

Full Moon:Nov 24New Moon:Nov 8

All times are local (MDT) and based on your selected location.

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