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Canada / British Columbia / San Juan River

Bite forecast: San Juan River

  • length 41 km
  • Flows into Port San Juan
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. WednesdaySeptember 2weather-based forecast
    71/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 5–12 °C

San Juan River (British Columbia) — a spot well known among anglers. About 41 km long. Flows into Port San Juan. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.

MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
60/100high activity

Clear: 3–15 °C

  • SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    57/100medium activity

    Cloudy: 2–11 °C

  • Nearby rivers

    • Harris Creek8 km
    • West Sombrio River10 km
    • East Sombrio River10 km
    • Loss Creek10 km
    • Fleet River11 km
    • Hemmingsen Creek12 km
    • Sombrio River13 km

    Nearby water bodies

    • LakeMaid Lake4 km
    • LakePixie Lake5 km
    • LakePine Lake6 km
    • LakeLizard Lake7 km
    • LakeUpper Noyse Lake7 km
    • LakeEast Noyse Lake8 km
    • LakeLower Noyse Lake8 km
    • LakeWye Lake10 km
    • LakeDoe Lake10 km
    • LakeDimple Lake11 km
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    Catches

    Recorded 2 catches here. Most commonly caught: Rainbow trout, Coho salmon. Peak season: April–August.

    • Rainbow trout — San Juan River, Aug 24, 2025, 3:05 PM
      Rainbow trout
      San Juan River
      Aug 24, 2025, 3:05 PM
    • Coho salmon — San Juan River, Apr 19, 2021, 10:20 AM
      Coho salmon
      San Juan River
      Apr 19, 2021, 10:20 AM

    Bite calendar

    Wednesday, September 2

    Aug 31 – Sep 6
    Mon
    Tue
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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.

    Chum salmonCoho salmonBrook troutMountain whitefishPikeWhitefishBull troutCutthroat troutDolly VardenGraylingSmallmouth bassWalleyeWhite sturgeonYellow perchLake troutPink salmonSteelheadBlack crappieBrown troutChinook salmonLargemouth bassRainbow troutSockeye salmonBurbot

    Black crappie

    6/10 · Fair

    Hourly activity

    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00
    Bite activity:highmediumlow

    The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.

    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

    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.

    Summary

    An average day — best chances during peak windows.

    How this forecast is calculated

    Why this forecast

    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.

    Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 14–24 °C comfort rangecomfort 14–24 °C9 °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 3 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

    Pressure through the day, 3 hPa change
    00:00 · 100923:00 · 1006 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

    2 SepWednesday, September 2
    +12°

    Partly cloudy · feels like +10°

    Low / high
    +5°…+12°
    Precipitation
    0.0 mm
    Wind
    2 m/s SE
    Cloud cover
    69%
    Humidity
    60%
    Pressure
    1005 hPa
    00:00+8°2.9 mm2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s84%100%
    01:00+7°1.7 mm1 m/ssouth wind, 1 m/s92%100%
    02:00+7°0.5 mm1 m/ssouth wind, 1 m/s96%95%
    03:00+6°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s92%72%
    04:00+5°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s90%31%
    05:00+5°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s88%23%
    06:00+5°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s87%52%
    07:00+5°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s87%67%
    08:00+6°—0 m/swest wind, 0 m/s86%77%
    09:00+7°—0 m/snorthwest wind, 0 m/s90%74%
    10:00+9°—1 m/seast wind, 1 m/s81%83%
    11:00+11°—2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s69%67%
    12:00+12°—2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s60%69%
    13:00+12°0.1 mm3 m/ssouth wind, 3 m/s55%74%
    14:00+11°0.3 mm3 m/ssouth wind, 3 m/s61%85%
    15:00+12°0.1 mm3 m/ssouth wind, 3 m/s55%81%
    16:00+12°0.1 mm3 m/ssouth wind, 3 m/s55%44%
    17:00+12°0.1 mm3 m/ssouth wind, 3 m/s55%66%
    18:00+12°0.4 mm3 m/ssouth wind, 3 m/s57%95%
    19:00+10°0.4 mm2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s71%95%
    20:00+8°0.6 mm2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s91%100%
    21:00+7°0.3 mm1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s95%100%
    22:00+7°0.2 mm2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s98%100%
    23:00+6°0.2 mm2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s99%100%
    +12°+9°+5°
    Weather throughout the day
    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00

    Sun and moon

    Wednesday, September 2
    The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
    DaylightMoon above the horizon
    Sunrise
    07:05
    Sunset
    20:34
    Day length
    13 h 29 min
    Sunshine hours
    12 h
    UV index
    4
    moderate
    Moon
    Waning gibbous
    Moonrise
    21:51
    Moonset
    13:32

    The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.

    Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

    Solunar feeding periods

    +11% in the windowWednesday, September 2
    Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
    Major periodsMinor periods
    • Major04:18–06:18Moon overhead
    • Minor13:02–14:02Moonset
    • Major16:46–18:46Moon underfoot
    • Minor21:21–22:21Moonrise

    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?

    Measured river conditions are available for San Juan River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.

    Water

    Streamflow
    1.6 m³/s

    USGS gauge SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR PORT RENFREW, 13 km away · measured 2026-09-02 13:15 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision