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Canada / British Columbia / Howard Bay

Bite forecast: Howard Bay

  • 15 ha
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. WednesdaySeptember 2weather-based forecast
    75/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 5–12 °C

  2. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Clear: 3–15 °C

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

    Cloudy: 2–11 °C

Howard Bay (British Columbia) — a popular fishing spot. About 15 ha in area. This is a sea water — its bite forecast is a marine one, computed apart from rivers and lakes. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.

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Nearby rivers

  • Howard Creek4 km
  • Foster Creek14 km

Nearby water bodies

  • BayHoward Bay0 km
  • BayWindfall Bay6 km
  • BayWindfall Bay6 km
  • BayHugh Allan Bay7 km
  • BayHugh Allan Bay7 km
  • BayCanoe Reach9 km
  • BayCanoe Reach9 km
  • BayFoster Arm15 km
  • BayFoster Arm15 km

Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
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 VardenPink salmonBrown troutChum salmonPacific halibutRockfishSteelheadChinook salmonLingcodSockeye salmon

Brown trout

8/10 · Good

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.

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: spinner or small crankbait.

Gear

Bring a warm jacket — it's noticeably colder on the water than on shore.

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 dropping 4 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 4 hPa change
00:00 · 102123:00 · 1017 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

6 SepSunday, September 6
+8°

Cloudy · feels like +5°

Low / high
+2°…+11°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
1 m/s SE
Cloud cover
94%
Humidity
63%
Pressure
1020 hPa
00:00+2°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s100%98%
01:00+2°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s100%97%
02:00+2°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s99%96%
03:00+2°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s100%96%
04:00+2°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s100%96%
05:00+2°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s100%97%
06:00+2°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s100%97%
07:00+3°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s100%97%
08:00+3°—0 m/snorthwest wind, 0 m/s100%96%
09:00+4°—0 m/snorth wind, 0 m/s100%95%
10:00+5°—0 m/seast wind, 0 m/s88%97%
11:00+7°—1 m/ssoutheast wind, 1 m/s73%99%
12:00+8°—1 m/ssoutheast wind, 1 m/s63%94%
13:00+9°—1 m/ssoutheast wind, 1 m/s57%75%
14:00+10°—1 m/ssouth wind, 1 m/s52%49%
15:00+10°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s49%32%
16:00+11°—1 m/ssouth wind, 1 m/s45%35%
17:00+11°—1 m/ssouth wind, 1 m/s42%47%
18:00+11°—1 m/ssouth wind, 1 m/s42%52%
19:00+9°—0 m/ssouth wind, 0 m/s49%42%
20:00+7°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s62%25%
21:00+5°—1 m/snorthwest wind, 1 m/s74%12%
22:00+5°—1 m/snorthwest wind, 1 m/s79%6%
23:00+4°—1 m/snorthwest wind, 1 m/s79%3%
+11°+7°+2°
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 22 min
UV index
5
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
—
Moonset
17:48

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 windowSunday, September 6
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major08:00–10:00Moon overhead
  • Minor17:18–18:18Moonset
  • Major20:30–22:30Moon 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?