Chub fishing at Zapadnaya Dvina
6 verified Chub catches are linked to Zapadnaya Dvina. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Chub bite forecast today
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Chub.
Chub bite calendar
Friday, September 11
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
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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 — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Tactics
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Lures
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: small crankbait or spinner.
Summary
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
Why this forecast
The computed water temperature is around 15 °C — inside the 12–24 °C comfort range for Chub, so baseline activity is high.
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Chub works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 8 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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September is an average month for Chub here.
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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
What to bring: Chub, Zapadnaya Dvina, 11.09.2026
Night +10°, day +16°, wind up to 6 m/s, rain from 06:00
Documents1
Safety & first aid3
Clothing2
Tackle5
Food & water1
11 SepFriday, September 11
+15°
Cloudy · feels like +12°
Low / high
+10°…+16°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
6 m/s W
Cloud cover
83%
Humidity
79%
Pressure
1016 hPa
Sun and moon
Friday, September 11DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:31
Sunset
19:34
Day length
13 h 3 min
Sunshine hours
7 h 25 min
UV index
3
moderate
Moon
New moon
Moonrise
06:38
Moonset
19:14
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
- Major00:00–01:43Moon underfoot
- Minor06:08–07:08Moonrise
- Major12:06–14:06Moon overhead
- Minor18:44–19:44Moonset
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: Chub, Bream, Roach. Peak season: February–August.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
What actually worked on this water
ChubBased on 6 verified catchesPeriod: 2018–2025
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 | 1 | 17% |
| Mar | 1 | 17% |
| May | 1 | 17% |
| Aug | 3 | 50% |
About Zapadnaya Dvina
River Zapadnaya Dvina (Vitebskaya oblast) — a spot well known among anglers. About 338 km long. Close by — Полоцк, Сураж and Верхнедвинск. Species found here: chub. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
