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Canada / Nova Scotia / Avon River

Bite forecast: Avon River

  • length 55 km
  • Flows into Minas Basin
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 10weather-based forecast
    79/100high activity

    Drizzle: 9–18 °C

  2. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    74/100high activity

    Drizzle: 9–17 °C

  3. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    68/100high activity

    Drizzle: 9–15 °C

Avon River (Nova Scotia) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 55 km long. Flows into Minas Basin. 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.

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Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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Tue
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Thu
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Yellow perchBrook troutLargemouth bassSmallmouth bassAtlantic salmonBrown troutRainbow troutStriped bassRainbow smelt

Atlantic salmon

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (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: salmon spoon or salmon fly.

Gear

No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 18 °C — warmer than the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 4–14 °C comfort rangecomfort 4–14 °C18 °C
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Atlantic salmon 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 Atlantic salmon feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is dropping 6 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 6 hPa change
00:00 · 102423:00 · 1018 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 active season for Atlantic salmon 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
+19°

Cloudy · feels like +18°

Low / high
+14°…+20°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
4 m/s SE
Cloud cover
100%
Humidity
81%
Pressure
1023 hPa
00:00+16°—3 m/ssoutheast wind, 3 m/s90%100%
01:00+16°—2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s92%94%
02:00+16°—2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s93%96%
03:00+15°—2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s93%85%
04:00+14°—2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s92%100%
05:00+14°—2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s94%100%
06:00+15°—2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s95%100%
07:00+15°0.4 mm2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s96%100%
08:00+15°0.7 mm3 m/ssoutheast wind, 3 m/s95%100%
09:00+16°—3 m/ssoutheast wind, 3 m/s93%100%
10:00+16°1.4 mm4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s92%100%
11:00+17°—3 m/ssoutheast wind, 3 m/s90%100%
12:00+19°—4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s81%100%
13:00+19°—4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s75%100%
14:00+19°—4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s73%100%
15:00+20°—5 m/ssoutheast wind, 5 m/s72%100%
16:00+20°—5 m/ssoutheast wind, 5 m/s67%100%
17:00+19°—5 m/ssoutheast wind, 5 m/s68%100%
18:00+19°—4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s69%100%
19:00+17°—4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s73%100%
20:00+17°—3 m/ssoutheast wind, 3 m/s77%100%
21:00+16°—4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s79%100%
22:00+16°—5 m/ssoutheast wind, 5 m/s81%100%
23:00+16°—4 m/ssoutheast wind, 4 m/s83%83%
+20°+17°+14°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Thursday, September 3
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:36
Sunset
19:45
Day length
13 h 9 min
Sunshine hours
2 h 56 min
UV index
4
moderate
Moon
Last quarter
Moonrise
22:44
Moonset
14:20

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

+10% in the windowThursday, September 3
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major05:05–07:05Moon overhead
  • Minor13:50–14:50Moonset
  • Major17:35–19:35Moon underfoot
  • Minor22:14–23:14Moonrise

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 1 catch here. Most commonly caught: European eel. Peak season: August.

  • European eel — Avon River, Aug 22, 2022, 3:26 PM
    European eel
    Avon River
    Aug 22, 2022, 3:26 PM

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