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Canada / Ontario / River Bronte Creek

Bite forecast: River Bronte Creek

  • length 49 km
  • Flows into Lake Ontario, Lake Ontario drainage basin
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    69/100high activity

    Clear: 2–14 °C

  2. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Clear: 13–26 °C

  3. SaturdaySeptember 5weather-based forecast
    61/100high activity

    Clear: 11–24 °C

River Bronte Creek (Ontario) — a spot well known among anglers. About 49 km long. Flows into Lake Ontario, Lake Ontario drainage 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.

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeCrawford Lake5 km
  • LakeLake Medad7 km
  • PondCarlisle Pond7 km
  • PondFisher's Pond7 km
  • LakeArea 8 Lake8 km
  • PondCampbellville Pond9 km
  • LakeKelso Lake9 km
  • PondMill Pond9 km
  • ReservoirMountsberg Reservoir10 km
  • ReservoirMountsberg Reservoir12 km

Bite calendar

Wednesday, September 2

Aug 31 – Sep 6
Mon
Tue
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Thu
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Coho salmonLake sturgeonPikeYellow perchBrook troutMuskellungeSaugerSmallmouth bassWalleyeWhitefishLargemouth bassSteelheadAtlantic salmonBlack crappieBrown troutBurbotCarpChannel catfishLake troutRainbow troutChinook salmonRainbow smelt

Atlantic salmon

5/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–22:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: salmon spoon or salmon fly.

Gear

No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do.

Summary

An average day — best chances during peak windows.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 17 °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 °C17 °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 rising 2 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.

Pressure through the day, 2 hPa change
00:00 · 100723:00 · 1009 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

2 SepWednesday, September 2
+20°

Partly cloudy · feels like +20°

Low / high
+16°…+21°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
4 m/s W
Cloud cover
25%
Humidity
76%
Pressure
1008 hPa
00:00+17°—3 m/ssouthwest wind, 3 m/s95%99%
01:00+17°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s95%100%
02:00+17°—3 m/ssouthwest wind, 3 m/s93%7%
03:00+16°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s93%51%
04:00+16°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s93%100%
05:00+16°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s92%100%
06:00+16°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s92%100%
07:00+16°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s93%76%
08:00+16°—2 m/swest wind, 2 m/s95%29%
09:00+17°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s90%5%
10:00+18°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s85%3%
11:00+19°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s82%6%
12:00+20°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s76%25%
13:00+20°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s74%100%
14:00+20°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s73%94%
15:00+21°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s72%34%
16:00+21°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s69%12%
17:00+21°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s68%20%
18:00+20°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s71%100%
19:00+19°—2 m/swest wind, 2 m/s82%100%
20:00+18°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s86%100%
21:00+17°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s90%100%
22:00+17°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s92%100%
23:00+17°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s93%94%
+21°+18°+16°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Wednesday, September 2
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:44
Sunset
20:11
Day length
13 h 27 min
Sunshine hours
9 h
UV index
4
moderate
Moon
Waning gibbous
Moonrise
22:16
Moonset
13:02

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

+14% in the windowWednesday, September 2
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:15–06:15Moon overhead
  • Minor12:32–13:32Moonset
  • Major16:43–18:43Moon underfoot
  • Minor21:46–22:46Moonrise

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?

BiteGuide·From anglers’ reports

What actually worked on this water

Based on 6 verified catchesPeriod: 2012–2026

This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.

By fish species

vertical axis — number of catches

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411
Chinook salmonLargemouth bassRainbow trout
By fish species
ValueCatchesShare
Chinook salmon467%
Largemouth bass117%
Rainbow trout117%

By month

vertical axis — number of catches

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1113
AprAugSepOct
By month
ValueCatchesShare
Apr117%
Aug117%
Sep117%
Oct350%

By time of day

vertical axis — number of catches

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111111
4710111213
By time of day
ValueCatchesShare
04:00117%
07:00117%
10:00117%
11:00117%
12:00117%
13:00117%
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Catches

Recorded 6 catches here. Most commonly caught: Chinook salmon, Rainbow trout, Largemouth bass. Peak season: April–October.

  • Chinook salmon — Bronte Creek, Apr 05, 5:27 PM
    Chinook salmon
    Bronte Creek
    Apr 05, 5:27 PM
  • Rainbow trout — Bronte Creek, Oct 22, 2023, 11:11 AM
    Rainbow trout
    Bronte Creek
    Oct 22, 2023, 11:11 AM
  • Chinook salmon — Bronte Creek, Aug 27, 2023, 2:31 PM
    Chinook salmon
    Bronte Creek
    Aug 27, 2023, 2:31 PM
  • Chinook salmon — Bronte Creek, Sep 30, 2019, 8:54 AM
    Chinook salmon
    Bronte Creek
    Sep 30, 2019, 8:54 AM
  • Largemouth bass — Bronte Creek, Oct 11, 2018, 3:16 PM
    Largemouth bass
    Bronte Creek
    Oct 11, 2018, 3:16 PM
  • Chinook salmon — Bronte Creek, Oct 21, 2012, 4:05 PM
    Chinook salmon
    Bronte Creek
    Oct 21, 2012, 4:05 PM

Measured river conditions are available for Bronte Creek: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.

Water

Streamflow
0.1 m³/s

USGS gauge BRONTE CREEK NEAR ZIMMERMAN, 4 km away · measured 2026-09-02 16:50 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision