Catches
Recorded 14 catches here. Most commonly caught: Pink salmon, Coho salmon, Rainbow trout. Peak season: July–November.
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Nanaimo River (British Columbia) — a spot well known among anglers. About 63 km long. The town of Nanaimo is nearby. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Recorded 14 catches here. Most commonly caught: Pink salmon, Coho salmon, Rainbow trout. Peak season: July–November.
Clear: 3–15 °C
Wednesday, September 2
In the fish list, this icon marks species recorded here by GBIF. Unmarked species may still occur in the waterbody.
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.
Best time — 07:00–09:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–22:00 (dusk bite).
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: small jig or minnow bait.
Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly. A thunderstorm is possible — bring a rain jacket, and pack up at the first rumble of thunder.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 9 °C — colder than the 14–24 °C comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 3 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
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.
September is an average month for Black crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Partly cloudy · feels like +10°
The day is 3 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?BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Coho salmon | 4 | 29% |
| Pink salmon | 4 | 29% |
| Rainbow trout | 3 | 21% |
| Chum salmon | 2 | 14% |
| Cutthroat trout | 1 | 7% |
Measured river conditions are available for Nanaimo River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge NANAIMO RIVER NEAR CASSIDY, 8 km away · measured 2026-09-02 15:10 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision