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Ontario: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black crappie | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active |
| Steelhead | peak | peak | peak | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | peak | peak |
| Lake trout | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | fair | active | active | peak |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Lake sturgeon | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Muskellunge | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Sauger | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Walleye | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Chinook salmon | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Rainbow smelt | peak | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Burbot | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Coho salmon | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
Gunflint Lake (Ontario) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 16.2 km² 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. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Gunflint Lake — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 8 °C — colder than the 14–24 °C comfort range for Black crappie: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Black crappie works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 1 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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 Black crappie here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Drizzle · 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 fieldquiet, Kp 3.7
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. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Gunflint Lake — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 15 neighbours are smaller.
The wind builds its wave along the west — east axis — 12 km of open water; along north — south there is only 3 km. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.