Roach fishing at Sozh
6 verified Roach catches are linked to Sozh. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Roach bite forecast today
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Roach.
Roach bite calendar
Friday, September 11
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
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Rivers
Hourly activity
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Bite activity:highmediumlow
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.
Peak bite hours
Best time — 12:00–15:00 (daytime activity).
Tactics
Pick a stretch of steady current, chum one spot and fish it — don't move around without reason.
Lures
Today's bait — maggot or dough bait.
Summary
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
Why this forecast
The computed water temperature is around 17 °C — inside the 10–22 °C comfort range for Roach, so baseline activity is high.
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Roach feeds by day — between sunrise and sunset; their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 4 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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September is an average month for Roach here.
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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
What to bring: Roach, Sozh, 11.09.2026
Night +10°, day +20°, wind up to 3 m/s
Documents1
Safety & first aid2
Clothing2
Tackle5
Food & water1
11 SepFriday, September 11
+18°
Partly cloudy · feels like +17°
Low / high
+10°…+20°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
3 m/s W
Cloud cover
26%
Humidity
53%
Pressure
1020 hPa
Sun and moon
Friday, September 11DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:28
Sunset
19:25
Day length
12 h 57 min
Sunshine hours
11 h 3 min
UV index
4
moderate
Moon
New moon
Moonrise
06:35
Moonset
19:10
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Solunar feeding periods
+15% in the windowFriday, September 11Major periodsMinor periods
- Major00:00–01:39Moon underfoot
- Minor06:05–07:05Moonrise
- Major12:02–14:02Moon overhead
- Minor18:40–19:40Moonset
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 6 catches here. Most commonly caught: Roach, Bream, Zander. Peak season: March–August.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
What actually worked on this water
RoachBased on 12 verified catchesPeriod: 2016–2023
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
By month
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feb | 3 | 25% |
| Mar | 1 | 8% |
| Apr | 1 | 8% |
| May | 3 | 25% |
| Jun | 1 | 8% |
| Jul | 1 | 8% |
| Aug | 2 | 17% |
About Sozh
River Sozh (Gomelskaya oblast) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 236 km long. Nearby towns: Гомель, Ветка and Чечерск. Fish species: roach. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
