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Bay Baie des Sept Îles (Quebec) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 98.2 km² in area. Nearest town — Sept-Îles. Salt water, not fresh — so this page carries its own marine bite forecast. 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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The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 18 neighbours are smaller.
The longest fetch is 14 km along the north-east — south-west axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Striped bass | active | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak |
| Atlantic halibut | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Bluefin tuna | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow |
| Rainbow smelt | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair |
| Arctic char | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Flounder | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | fair | fair |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Baie des Sept Îles — 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.
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
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| -0.1 m | -0.4 m | -0.7 m | -1.0 m | -1.2 m | -1.2 m | -1.1 m | -0.9 m | -0.7 m | -0.4 m | -0.3 m | -0.3 m | -0.3 m | -0.5 m | -0.7 m | -0.9 m | -1.0 m | -1.0 m | -0.8 m | -0.6 m | -0.2 m | 0.1 m | 0.3 m | 0.3 m |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 1.9 km away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 1.9 km from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Cloudy · feels like -2°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Baie des Sept Îles — 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.