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Canada / British Columbia / Bay Gowlland Harbour

Bite forecast: Bay Gowlland Harbour

  • 3.5 km²
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 10weather-based forecast
    64/100high activity

    Drizzle: 6–10 °C

  2. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    62/100high activity

    Cloudy: 3–10 °C

  3. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 3–11 °C

Bay Gowlland Harbour (British Columbia) — a popular fishing spot. About 3.5 km² in area. The town of Campbell River is nearby. This is a sea water — its bite forecast is a marine one, computed apart from rivers and lakes. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.

Nearby towns

  • Campbell River5 km

Nearby water bodies

  • SeaDiscovery Passage3 km
  • BayHeriot Bay3 km
  • BayDrew Harbour3 km
  • BayUnkak Cove3 km
  • BayHyacinthe Bay4 km
  • BayQuathiaski Cove4 km
  • BayDuncan Bay4 km
  • BayOpen Bay6 km
  • BayMoulds Bay7 km
  • LakeLittle Morte Lake7 km
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Catches

Recorded 2 catches here. Most commonly caught: Rockfish. Peak season: April.

  • Rockfish — Gowlland Harbour, Apr 12, 10:11 AM
    Rockfish
    Gowlland Harbour
    Apr 12, 10:11 AM
  • Rockfish — Gowlland Harbour, Apr 11, 7:58 AM
    Rockfish
    Gowlland Harbour
    Apr 11, 7:58 AM

Bite calendar

Friday, September 4

Aug 31 – Sep 6
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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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 VardenBrown troutChum salmonPacific halibutPink salmonRockfishSteelheadChinook salmonLingcodSockeye salmon

Brown trout

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. 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

Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.

Lures

The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: spinner or small crankbait. The water's cold — work the lure slower than usual.

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

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 8 °C — inside the 6–17 °C comfort range for Brown trout, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 6–17 °C comfort rangecomfort 6–17 °C8 °C
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Brown trout 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 Brown trout feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is rising 7 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.

Pressure through the day, 7 hPa change
00:00 · 101123:00 · 1019 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 peak season for Brown trout here.

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

Tides

  • High water06:390.8 m
  • Low water11:260.1 m
  • High water17:521.5 m
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Sea level height by hour
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-0.9 m-0.8 m-0.6 m-0.2 m0.2 m0.5 m0.7 m0.8 m0.6 m0.4 m0.2 m0.1 m0.1 m0.3 m0.6 m0.9 m1.2 m1.5 m1.5 m1.4 m1.1 m0.6 m0.1 m-0.4 m

Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 15.8 km away

Water

Water temp.
18 °C
In the model
8 °C
Wave
Calm

Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 15.8 km from the waterbody. Values are daily means.

4 SepFriday, September 4
+6°

Cloudy · feels like +3°

Low / high
+1°…+7°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
1 m/s NE
Cloud cover
100%
Humidity
78%
Pressure
1012 hPa
00:00+2°0.2 mm2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s98%100%
01:00+2°0.2 mm2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s99%100%
02:00+2°0.1 mm2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s99%100%
03:00+2°0.1 mm2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s98%100%
04:00+2°—1 m/swest wind, 1 m/s98%93%
05:00+2°—1 m/swest wind, 1 m/s98%74%
06:00+2°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s97%63%
07:00+1°—1 m/swest wind, 1 m/s99%96%
08:00+1°—1 m/snorthwest wind, 1 m/s100%99%
09:00+2°—1 m/snorth wind, 1 m/s97%100%
10:00+3°—1 m/snorth wind, 1 m/s91%100%
11:00+5°—1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s81%100%
12:00+6°—1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s78%100%
13:00+7°—1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s76%100%
14:00+7°0.1 mm1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s77%100%
15:00+7°0.1 mm1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s75%100%
16:00+7°0.2 mm1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s78%100%
17:00+7°0.2 mm1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s79%100%
18:00+7°0.2 mm1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s77%100%
19:00+7°0.1 mm1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s80%100%
20:00+6°0.2 mm1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s90%100%
21:00+5°0.8 mm1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s99%100%
22:00+5°1.1 mm1 m/snortheast wind, 1 m/s99%100%
23:00+4°1.3 mm2 m/snortheast wind, 2 m/s99%100%
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Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Friday, September 4
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
07:08
Sunset
20:29
Day length
13 h 21 min
Sunshine hours
4 h 22 min
UV index
2
low
Moon
Last quarter
Moonrise
23:23
Moonset
16:18

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

+12% in the windowFriday, September 4
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major06:20–08:20Moon overhead
  • Minor15:48–16:48Moonset
  • Major18:51–20:51Moon underfoot
  • Minor22:53–23:53Moonrise

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?