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Canada / Ontario / Saugeen River

Bite forecast: Saugeen River

  • length 213 km
  • Flows into Lake Huron, Lake Huron drainage basin
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Best fishing days for the next week

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

    Cloudy: 3–15 °C

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

    Partly cloudy: 12–25 °C

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

    Clear: 11–24 °C

Saugeen River (Ontario) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 213 km long. Flows into Lake Huron, Lake Huron 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.

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Catches

Recorded 1 catch here. Most commonly caught: Carp. Peak season: August.

  • Carp — Saugeen River, Aug 25, 2024, 5:41 PM
    Carp
    Saugeen River
    Aug 25, 2024, 5:41 PM

Nearby rivers

  • Styx River12 km

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeBlack Lake5 km
  • LakeWilder Lake6 km
  • LakeMatthews Lake7 km
  • LakeMcCormick Lake9 km
  • LakeTobermory Lake9 km
  • LakeMcLean Lake9 km
  • PondWelbeck Mill Pond13 km
  • LakeMoss Lake13 km
  • LakeMcDonald Lake13 km
  • LakeTownsend Lake13 km

Bite calendar

Aug 31 – Sep 6
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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
22:17
Moonset
13:10

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
  • Major04:19–06:19Moon overhead
  • Minor12:40–13:40Moonset
  • Major16:47–18:47Moon underfoot
  • Minor21:47–22:47Moonrise

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?

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

Water

Streamflow
4.3 m³/s

USGS gauge SAUGEEN RIVER ABOVE DURHAM, 1 km away · measured 2026-09-02 21:15 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision