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Bay Heckies Cove (Nova Scotia) — a spot well known among anglers. About 11 ha in area. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluefin tuna | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
| 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 |
| Pollack | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | 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 |
| 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 |
| Rainbow smelt | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Heckies Cove — 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 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 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 an active season for Atlantic cod 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 fieldunsettled, Kp 4
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.
Heckies Cove — 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.