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Recorded 12 catches of Rainbow smelt in Ontario. Most active — year-round. A day-by-day bite calendar for Rainbow smelt.
Thursday, September 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–22:00 (dusk bite).
Pick a stretch of steady current, chum one spot and fish it — don't move around without reason.
Today's bait — tiny jig with shrimp or sabiki rig.
No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do.
A slow day — go only if you really feel like it.
The computed water temperature is around 16 °C — warmer than the 0–8 °C comfort range for Rainbow smelt: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Rainbow smelt works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 4 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
September is a slow season for Rainbow smelt: the best months fall at another time of year.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +16°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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.
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