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Alberta: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake trout | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | fair | active | active |
| Whitefish | fair | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Bull trout | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Cutthroat trout | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | active |
| Mountain whitefish | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Pike | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Sauger | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Walleye | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Burbot | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak |
| Lake sturgeon | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Goldeye | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | fair | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair |
Kirk Lake (Alberta) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 11 ha in area. The town of Edmonton is nearby. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Nearest towns and cities
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Kirk Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 3 °C — colder than the 7–16 °C comfort range for Brook trout: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Going by this year's frosts the ice hasn't formed yet: the season says it should have, but it hasn't been cold enough. This is an estimate from the weather across the whole region, not a measurement on your water.
Brook trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to 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.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Brook trout here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like -4°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
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?Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Kirk Lake — Tuesday, October 20
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. Larger than 15 of the 18 waters nearby.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.