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Brokenhead River (Manitoba) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 168 km long. Flows into Lake Winnipeg, Lake Winnipeg basin. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Manitoba: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayling | fair | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | active | active |
| Lake trout | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | fair | active | active |
| Whitefish | fair | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Pike | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Sauger | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Walleye | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Arctic char | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Lake sturgeon | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair |
| Rainbow smelt | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair |
| Burbot | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak |
| Goldeye | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | fair | fair | fair |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
Other nearby waters
The course meanders heavily: the current digs a pool on the outside of every bend and builds a bar on the inside. Those pools under the undercut bank are where pike typically sits.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Brokenhead River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 6 °C — inside the 1–10 °C comfort range for Arctic char, so baseline activity is high.
Arctic char works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
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.
October is an active season for Arctic char here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +1°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA forecast. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
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.
Brokenhead River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.
Measured river conditions are available for Brokenhead River: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge BROKENHEAD RIVER NEAR BEAUSEJOUR, 8 km away · measured 2026-10-21 06:05 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision