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Canada / Ontario / Sea Main Channel

Bite forecast: Sea Main Channel

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Best fishing days for the next week

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

    Drizzle: 9–13 °C

  2. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    71/100high activity

    Cloudy: 15–21 °C

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

    Partly cloudy: 13–25 °C

Sea Main Channel (Ontario) — one of the area's fishing spots. Salt water, not fresh — so this page carries its own marine bite forecast. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.

Nearby rivers

  • McDonald River6 km

Nearby water bodies

  • SeaLittle Dog Channel0.2 km
  • SeaDeer Island Channel1 km
  • LakeFairy Lake2 km
  • SeaInner Channel2 km
  • SeaBig Dog Channel2 km
  • LakeGoblin Lake2 km
  • LakeBearshead Lake2 km
  • LakeBuck Lake4 km
  • LakeMcCrae Lake5 km
  • LakeStuart Lake5 km
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Catches

Recorded 7 catches here. Most commonly caught: Bluegill, Channel catfish, Smallmouth bass. Peak season: July–October.

  • Smallmouth bass — Six Mile Lake, Aug 10, 5:52 PM
    Smallmouth bass
    Six Mile Lake
    Aug 10, 5:52 PM
  • Bluegill — Six Mile Lake, Jul 23, 2025, 7:57 PM
    Bluegill
    Six Mile Lake
    Jul 23, 2025, 7:57 PM
  • Bluegill — Six Mile Lake, Jul 19, 2025, 2:41 PM
    Bluegill
    Six Mile Lake
    Jul 19, 2025, 2:41 PM
  • Pike — Six Mile Lake, Jul 18, 2025, 12:28 PM
    Pike
    Six Mile Lake
    Jul 18, 2025, 12:28 PM
  • Channel catfish — Musquash River, Aug 31, 2023, 9:56 AM
    Channel catfish
    Musquash River
    Aug 31, 2023, 9:56 AM
  • Channel catfish — McCrae Lake, Oct 02, 2022, 5:07 PM
    Channel catfish
    McCrae Lake
    Oct 02, 2022, 5:07 PM
  • Walleye — Musquash River, Jul 24, 2022, 8:54 PM
    Walleye
    Musquash River
    Jul 24, 2022, 8:54 PM

Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Coho salmonBrown troutSteelheadAtlantic salmonChinook 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 rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

Peak bite hours

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

Tactics

Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.

Lures

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

Gear

It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must.

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 flat: it moves no more than 1 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.

Pressure through the day, 1 hPa change
00:00 · 102123:00 · 1020 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

Water

Wave
0.1 m
Period
2 s

Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 9.9 km from the waterbody. Values are daily means.

6 SepSunday, September 6
+23°

Partly cloudy · feels like +23°

Low / high
+13°…+25°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
2 m/s SSW
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
53%
Pressure
1022 hPa
00:00+14°—1 m/ssoutheast wind, 1 m/s88%10%
01:00+14°—1 m/ssoutheast wind, 1 m/s89%39%
02:00+13°—1 m/ssouth wind, 1 m/s90%12%
03:00+13°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s91%100%
04:00+13°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s93%100%
05:00+13°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s93%76%
06:00+13°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s93%100%
07:00+13°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s92%100%
08:00+14°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s85%100%
09:00+17°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s74%31%
10:00+19°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s66%91%
11:00+21°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s60%98%
12:00+23°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s53%72%
13:00+24°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s48%16%
14:00+25°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s45%9%
15:00+25°—3 m/ssouthwest wind, 3 m/s42%6%
16:00+25°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s41%5%
17:00+25°—3 m/ssouthwest wind, 3 m/s41%12%
18:00+25°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s47%32%
19:00+22°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s61%100%
20:00+19°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s68%100%
21:00+18°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s72%100%
22:00+17°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s75%100%
23:00+17°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s73%100%
+25°+19°+13°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Sunday, September 6
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:51
Sunset
20:02
Day length
13 h 11 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 57 min
UV index
4
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
00:54
Moonset
17:31

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 windowSunday, September 6
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Minor00:24–01:24Moonrise
  • Major08:17–10:17Moon overhead
  • Minor17:01–18:01Moonset
  • Major20:48–22:48Moon 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 7 verified catchesPeriod: 2022–2026

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

012
22111
BluegillChannel catfishPikeSmallmouth bassWalleye
By fish species
ValueCatchesShare
Bluegill229%
Channel catfish229%
Pike114%
Smallmouth bass114%
Walleye114%

By month

vertical axis — number of catches

024
421
JulAugOct
By month
ValueCatchesShare
Jul457%
Aug229%
Oct114%

By time of day

vertical axis — number of catches

012
111211
5810131516
By time of day
ValueCatchesShare
05:00114%
08:00114%
10:00114%
13:00229%
15:00114%
16:00114%