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Canada / Ontario / Reservoir Forebay

Bite forecast: Reservoir Forebay

  • 1 ha
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. FridaySeptember 11weather-based forecast
    79/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 4–19 °C

  2. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    74/100high activity

    Drizzle: 8–15 °C

  3. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    69/100high activity

    Clear: 11–22 °C

Reservoir Forebay (Ontario) — a spot well known among anglers. About 1 ha in area. Close by — Niagara Falls and St. Catharines. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.

Nearby towns

  • Niagara Falls4 km
  • St. Catharines16 km

Catches

Recorded 1 catch here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout. Peak season: July.

  • Brown trout — Forebay, Jul 01, 2024, 2:20 PM
    Brown trout
    Forebay
    Jul 01, 2024, 2:20 PM
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Nearby rivers

  • Grassy Brook5 km
  • Niagara River12 km
  • Chippawa Channel12 km
  • Four Mile Creek14 km

Nearby water bodies

  • ReservoirSir Adam Beck Reservoir8 km
  • LakeLake Gibson12 km
  • LakeLarge Clay Borrow Pit Pond14 km
  • ReservoirLake Gibson Reservoir15 km

Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
PikeBrook troutCoho salmonLake sturgeonMuskellungeSaugerSmallmouth bassWalleyeYellow perchWhitefishBlack crappieBurbotCarpChannel catfishLargemouth bassRainbow troutSteelheadBrown troutChinook salmonLake troutRainbow smelt

Black crappie

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

Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: small jig or minnow bait.

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 — inside the 14–24 °C comfort range for Black crappie, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 14–24 °C comfort rangecomfort 14–24 °C17 °C
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Black crappie 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 Black crappie 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 Black crappie 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
22:12
Moonset
12:58

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

+11% in the windowWednesday, September 2
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:11–06:11Moon overhead
  • Minor12:28–13:28Moonset
  • Major16:39–18:39Moon underfoot
  • Minor21:42–22:42Moonrise

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?