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Recorded 22 catches here. Most commonly caught: Rainbow trout, Pink salmon, Coho salmon. Peak season: May–November.
Nanaimo (British Columbia) — a draw for anglers. Nearby: 2 rivers, 23 water bodies and 25 sea areas. We forecast the bite not only on rivers and lakes, but at sea as well. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
Drizzle: 2–10 °C
The ranking weighs the regional forecast by water type, catches linked to each water body and distance from the city center.
Thursday, September 3
Tap any fish to open its full forecast — the hours it bites, what it takes, and where it has been caught.
Drizzle · feels like +2°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: trolling spoon or spinner. The water's cold — work the lure slower than usual.
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.
