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Canada / British Columbia / River Float Creek

Bite forecast: River Float Creek

  • length 5 km
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 10weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Drizzle: 6–10 °C

  2. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    59/100medium activity

    Cloudy: 3–10 °C

  3. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    59/100medium activity

    Drizzle: 4–14 °C

River Float Creek (British Columbia) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 5 km long. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.

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Nearby rivers

  • Haygarth Creek3 km
  • McArthur Creek5 km
  • Boulder Creek5 km
  • Silverslope Creek5 km
  • Morning Glory Creek9 km
  • Otterhead River9 km
  • Duchesnay Creek10 km
  • Misko Creek10 km

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeCathedral Lakes6 km
  • LakeCathedral Lakes7 km
  • LakeMorning Glory Lakes7 km
  • LakeCathedral Lakes7 km
  • LakeLinda Lake8 km
  • LakeMorning Glory Lakes8 km
  • LakeSchaffer Lake8 km
  • LakeLake McArthur8 km
  • LakeMary Lake9 km
  • LakeLake O'Hara9 km

Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?

In the fish list, this icon marks species recorded here by GBIF. Unmarked species may still occur in the waterbody.

Coho salmonDolly VardenLargemouth bassBrown troutChum salmonPink salmonBrook troutBull troutGraylingChinook salmonMountain whitefishSockeye salmonSteelheadWhitefishCutthroat troutPikeRainbow troutWalleyeWhite sturgeonYellow perchBlack crappieSmallmouth bassLake troutBurbot

Black crappie

4/10 · Weak

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 — 07:00–09:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–22:00 (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 jig or minnow bait.

Gear

Bring a warm jacket — it's noticeably colder on the water than on shore. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.

Summary

An average day — best chances during peak windows.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 8 °C — colder than the 14–24 °C comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 14–24 °C comfort rangecomfort 14–24 °C8 °C
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Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

The day: daylight hours and when Black crappie feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is dropping 5 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 5 hPa change
00:00 · 102023:00 · 1015 hPa

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.

Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

September is an average month for Black crappie here.

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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

6 SepSunday, September 6
+8°

Partly cloudy · feels like +5°

Low / high
+3°…+11°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
2 m/s ESE
Cloud cover
47%
Humidity
64%
Pressure
1019 hPa
00:00+4°0.9 mm1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s90%100%
01:00+4°1.4 mm1 m/snorthwest wind, 1 m/s94%93%
02:00+3°0.1 mm0 m/snorth wind, 0 m/s94%98%
03:00+4°0.2 mm1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s96%100%
04:00+3°0.2 mm0 m/snorth wind, 0 m/s98%100%
05:00+3°0.1 mm0 m/snorth wind, 0 m/s99%80%
06:00+3°—0 m/snorthwest wind, 0 m/s99%95%
07:00+3°—0 m/snorthwest wind, 0 m/s99%21%
08:00+3°—0 m/snorthwest wind, 0 m/s98%55%
09:00+4°—1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s99%18%
10:00+6°—1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s86%48%
11:00+7°—2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s74%62%
12:00+8°—2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s64%47%
13:00+9°—2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s62%25%
14:00+9°0.3 mm2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s58%32%
15:00+10°0.2 mm1 m/ssoutheast wind, 1 m/s55%41%
16:00+11°0.1 mm1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s53%48%
17:00+11°0.1 mm1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s51%77%
18:00+10°—1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s53%59%
19:00+10°—2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s60%80%
20:00+8°—1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s77%73%
21:00+6°—0 m/snorthwest wind, 0 m/s81%89%
22:00+6°—0 m/snorthwest wind, 0 m/s80%97%
23:00+5°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s80%100%
+11°+7°+3°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Sunday, September 6
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
20:25
Day length
13 h 14 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 16 min
UV index
3
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
—
Moonset
17:30

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

+14% in the windowSunday, September 6
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major07:48–09:48Moon overhead
  • Minor17:00–18:00Moonset
  • Major20:18–22:18Moon underfoot

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?