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Nepisiguit Bay (New Brunswick) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 237.9 km² in area. Nearest town — Bathurst. Salt water, not fresh — so this page carries its own marine bite forecast. 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.
Nearest towns and cities
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 18 neighbours are smaller.
The wind builds its wave along the west — east axis — 27 km of open water; along north — south there is only 14 km. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
New Brunswick: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Striped bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
| Atlantic halibut | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | fair | fair | active | peak | active | slow |
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Bluefin tuna | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Flounder | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Pollack | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Rainbow smelt | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Nepisiguit Bay — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 8 °C — inside the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic cod works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 4 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.
October is an active season for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 10.6 km away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 10.6 km from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Clear · feels like +5°
The day is 3 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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Nepisiguit Bay — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.