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Canada / Ontario / Spanish River

Bite forecast: Spanish River

  • length 355 km
  • Flows into Lake Huron, Lake Huron drainage basin
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    70/100high activity

    Cloudy: 15–24 °C

Spanish River (Ontario) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 355 km long. Flows into Lake Huron, Lake Huron drainage basin. Nearest town — Espanola. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.

TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
69/100high activity

Cloudy: 3–17 °C

  • SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Cloudy: 12–25 °C

  • Nearby towns

    • Espanola0.5 km

    Nearby rivers

    • Pogamasing River3 km

    Nearby water bodies

    • LakePogamasing Lake2 km
    • LakeTelephone Lake2 km
    • LakeBass Lake3 km
    • LakeThree Mile Lake4 km
    • LakePejeke Lake5 km
    • LakePath Creek6 km
    • LakeSpider Lake8 km
    • LakeDennie Creek8 km
    • LakeLittle Pogamasing Lake8 km
    • LakeDennie Creek8 km
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    Bite calendar

    Friday, September 4

    Aug 31 – Sep 6
    Mon
    Tue
    Wed
    Thu
    Fri
    Sat
    Sun
    Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
    Based on:weatherseasonal
    What is a bite calendar?
    CarpCoho salmonLargemouth bassBrook troutChannel catfishLake sturgeonMuskellungePikeSaugerSmallmouth bassSteelheadWalleyeWhitefishYellow perchAtlantic salmonBrown troutRainbow troutBlack crappieChinook salmonLake troutBurbotRainbow smelt

    Atlantic salmon

    5/10 · Fair

    Hourly activity

    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00
    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 20:00–21:00 (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 4 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.

    Pressure through the day, 4 hPa change
    00:00 · 101523:00 · 1018 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

    4 SepFriday, September 4
    +18°

    Partly cloudy · feels like +19°

    Low / high
    +12°…+23°
    Precipitation
    0.0 mm
    Wind
    2 m/s NNW
    Cloud cover
    62%
    Humidity
    78%
    Pressure
    1017 hPa
    00:00+16°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s91%78%
    01:00+16°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s91%100%
    02:00+16°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s93%66%
    03:00+15°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s94%4%
    04:00+14°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s94%7%
    05:00+13°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s94%5%
    06:00+13°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s94%6%
    07:00+12°—2 m/snorth wind, 2 m/s94%9%
    08:00+13°—2 m/snorth wind, 2 m/s91%96%
    09:00+14°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s87%78%
    10:00+15°—2 m/snorth wind, 2 m/s85%88%
    11:00+16°—2 m/snorth wind, 2 m/s80%100%
    12:00+18°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s78%62%
    13:00+20°—2 m/snorthwest wind, 2 m/s73%6%
    14:00+21°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s67%4%
    15:00+22°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s60%12%
    16:00+23°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s51%14%
    17:00+23°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s48%11%
    18:00+23°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s46%9%
    19:00+22°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s50%5%
    20:00+19°—3 m/snorth wind, 3 m/s60%2%
    21:00+18°—3 m/snortheast wind, 3 m/s68%0%
    22:00+16°—2 m/snortheast wind, 2 m/s74%1%
    23:00+15°—2 m/snortheast wind, 2 m/s82%0%
    +23°+18°+12°
    Weather throughout the day
    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00

    Sun and moon

    Friday, September 4
    The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
    DaylightMoon above the horizon
    Sunrise
    06:48
    Sunset
    20:07
    Day length
    13 h 19 min
    Sunshine hours
    12 h
    UV index
    5
    moderate
    Moon
    Last quarter
    Moonrise
    23:43
    Moonset
    15:59

    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

    +16% in the windowFriday, September 4
    Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
    Major periodsMinor periods
    • Major06:20–08:20Moon overhead
    • Minor15:29–16:29Moonset
    • Major18:51–20:51Moon underfoot
    • Minor23:13–00:00Moonrise

    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?