Pike fishing at Little Saskatchewan River
6 verified Pike catches are linked to Little Saskatchewan River. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Pike bite forecast today
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Pike.
Pike bite calendar
Thursday, September 3
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
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Hourly activity
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Bite activity:highmediumlow
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.
Peak bite hours
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Tactics
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Lures
In clear water, natural colors work best: crankbait or spoon.
Gear
Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly.
Summary
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
Why this forecast
The computed water temperature is around 13 °C — inside the 8–20 °C comfort range for Pike, so baseline activity is high.
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Pike 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 1 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
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September is an active season for Pike here.
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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
3 SepThursday, September 3
+15°
Clear · feels like +15°
Low / high
+9°…+20°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
3 m/s SE
Cloud cover
3%
Humidity
82%
Pressure
1020 hPa
Sun and moon
Thursday, September 3DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:20
Sunset
20:08
Day length
13 h 48 min
Sunshine hours
13 h
UV index
4
moderate
Moon
Last quarter
Moonrise
22:45
Moonset
15:19
The day is 5 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Solunar feeding periods
+13% in the windowThursday, September 3Major periodsMinor periods
- Major05:35–07:35Moon overhead
- Minor14:49–15:49Moonset
- Major18:05–20:05Moon underfoot
- Minor22:15–23:15Moonrise
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?Catches
Recorded 6 catches here. Most commonly caught: Pike. Peak season: May–November.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
What actually worked on this water
PikeBased on 11 verified catchesPeriod: 2021–2025
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
By month
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| May | 2 | 18% |
| Sep | 3 | 27% |
| Oct | 4 | 36% |
| Nov | 2 | 18% |
About Little Saskatchewan River
Little Saskatchewan River (Manitoba) — a spot well known among anglers. About 279 km long. Flows into Assiniboine River, Lake Winnipeg basin. The town of Brandon is nearby. Species found here: pike. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
