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Nova Scotia: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook trout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
| Striped bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Rainbow smelt | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow |
Chisholms Long Lake (Nova Scotia) — a popular fishing spot. About 7 ha in area. 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.
Wednesday, October 21
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Chisholms Long Lake — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °C — inside the 7–16 °C comfort range for Brook trout, so baseline activity is high.
Brook trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 1 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 peak season for Brook trout here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +7°
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 drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Chisholms Long Lake — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. Smaller than 13 of the 20 waters nearby.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.