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River Averill Creek (Quebec) — a popular fishing spot. About 6 km long. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Quebec: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black crappie | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Lake trout | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | fair | active | active |
| Striped bass | active | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | active |
| Pike | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Whitefish | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow |
| Largemouth bass | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Muskellunge | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Rainbow smelt | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair |
| Sauger | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Walleye | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Arctic char | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Lake sturgeon | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair |
| Burbot | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Smallmouth bass | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Channel catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The course meanders heavily: the current digs a pool on the outside of every bend and builds a bar on the inside. Those pools under the undercut bank are where pike typically sits.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Averill Creek — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 4 °C — inside the 1–10 °C comfort range for Arctic char, so baseline activity is high. Under ice Ice cover is judged from the seasonal normal, so during a thaw the modelled water can read above freezing while the ice still holds.
Arctic char works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 3 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
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.
October is an active season for Arctic char here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like -2°
The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldquiet, Kp 3.7
Kp index — NOAA forecast. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
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?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Averill Creek — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.