Catches
Recorded 5 catches here. Most commonly caught: European eel, Smallmouth bass. Peak season: July–August.
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Bay Minas Basin (Nova Scotia) — a popular fishing spot. About 841 km² in area. This is a sea water — its bite forecast is a marine one, computed apart from rivers and lakes. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Recorded 5 catches here. Most commonly caught: European eel, Smallmouth bass. Peak season: July–August.
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: pirk or lugworm bottom rig.
No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 17 °C — warmer than the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
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 3 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.
September is an average month for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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| -3.7 m | -3.7 m | -2.9 m | -1.5 m | -0.0 m | 1.4 m | 2.5 m | 2.8 m | 2.1 m | 0.8 m | -0.6 m | -1.9 m | -3.0 m | -3.5 m | -3.1 m | -2.0 m | -0.6 m | 0.9 m | 2.3 m | 3.1 m | 3.0 m | 2.0 m | 0.6 m | -0.8 m |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 13.5 km away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 13.5 km from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Drizzle · feels like +11°
The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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?BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| European eel | 4 | 80% |
| Smallmouth bass | 1 | 20% |