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Canada / Ontario / Lake Travers

Bite forecast: Lake Travers

  • 6.3 km²
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    72/100high activity

    Cloudy: 15–21 °C

  2. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    71/100high activity

    Drizzle: 9–13 °C

  3. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    59/100medium activity

    Partly cloudy: 13–25 °C

Lake Travers (Ontario) — a popular fishing spot. About 6.3 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.

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeSquare Lake3 km
  • LakeClouthier Lake4 km
  • LakeClouthier Creek6 km
  • LakeEdgar Lake6 km
  • LakeLost Coin Lake6 km
  • LakeGarland's Lake7 km
  • LakeLloyd's Lake7 km
  • LakeRockery Lake8 km
  • LakeDeerhorn Lake8 km
  • LakeDorami Creek8 km

Catches

Recorded 6 catches here. Most commonly caught: Channel catfish, Muskellunge, Smallmouth bass. Peak season: June–August.

  • Muskellunge — Lake Travers, Aug 24, 2025, 4:37 PM
    Muskellunge
    Lake Travers
    Aug 24, 2025, 4:37 PM
  • Channel catfish — Lake Travers, Aug 24, 2025, 3:16 PM
    Channel catfish
    Lake Travers
    Aug 24, 2025, 3:16 PM
  • Smallmouth bass — Lake Travers, Aug 24, 2025, 12:07 PM
    Smallmouth bass
    Lake Travers
    Aug 24, 2025, 12:07 PM
  • Channel catfish — Lake Travers, Aug 12, 2021, 6:40 PM
    Channel catfish
    Lake Travers
    Aug 12, 2021, 6:40 PM
  • Walleye — Lake Travers, Aug 22, 2018, 7:02 PM
    Walleye
    Lake Travers
    Aug 22, 2018, 7:02 PM
  • Channel catfish — Lake Travers, Jun 19, 2018, 7:05 PM
    Channel catfish
    Lake Travers
    Jun 19, 2018, 7:05 PM
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Bite calendar

7–Sep 13
Mon
Tue
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Thu
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Coho salmonBrook troutLake sturgeonLargemouth bassPikeWhitefishYellow perchCarpMuskellungeSaugerSmallmouth bassSteelheadWalleyeBrown troutChannel catfishChinook salmonRainbow troutBlack crappieLake troutBurbotRainbow smelt

Black crappie

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 07:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

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

Lures

The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: small jig or minnow bait.

Gear

Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.

Summary

An average day — best chances during peak windows.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 14 °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 °C14 °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 dropping 9 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 9 hPa change
00:00 · 102123:00 · 1012 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

8 SepTuesday, September 8
+10°

Drizzle · feels like +9°

Low / high
+9°…+14°
Precipitation
1.0 mm
Wind
3 m/s E
Cloud cover
100%
Humidity
98%
Pressure
1018 hPa
00:00+9°1.2 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
01:00+9°1.2 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
02:00+9°1.2 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
03:00+9°0.2 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
04:00+9°0.2 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
05:00+9°0.2 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
06:00+9°0.7 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
07:00+9°0.7 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
08:00+9°0.7 mm3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
09:00+10°0.3 mm3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
10:00+10°0.3 mm3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
11:00+10°0.3 mm3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
12:00+10°1.0 mm3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
13:00+10°1.0 mm3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s99%100%
14:00+11°1.0 mm2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s99%100%
15:00+11°0.2 mm2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s99%100%
16:00+12°0.2 mm3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s99%100%
17:00+12°0.2 mm3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s99%100%
18:00+13°—3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s99%100%
19:00+13°—3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s99%100%
20:00+13°—3 m/seast wind, 3 m/s99%100%
21:00+14°0.1 mm2 m/seast wind, 2 m/s99%100%
22:00+14°0.1 mm2 m/ssoutheast wind, 2 m/s98%100%
23:00+14°0.1 mm3 m/ssoutheast wind, 3 m/s98%100%
+14°+12°+9°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Tuesday, September 8
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:54
Sunset
19:58
Day length
13 h 4 min
Sunshine hours
0 min
UV index
0
low
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
03:21
Moonset
18:32

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 windowTuesday, September 8
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Minor02:51–03:51Moonrise
  • Major10:05–12:05Moon overhead
  • Minor18:02–19:02Moonset
  • Major22:32–00:00Moon underfoot

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: 2018–2025

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

023
3111
Channel catfishMuskellungeSmallmouth bassWalleye
By fish species
ValueCatchesShare
Channel catfish350%
Muskellunge117%
Smallmouth bass117%
Walleye117%

By month

vertical axis — number of catches

035
15
JunAug
By month
ValueCatchesShare
Jun117%
Aug583%

By time of day

vertical axis — number of catches

012
11112
811121415
By time of day
ValueCatchesShare
08:00117%
11:00117%
12:00117%
14:00117%
15:00233%