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Canada / Quebec / River Rivière aux Chiens

Bite forecast: River Rivière aux Chiens

  • length 17 km
  • Flows into Rivière des Mille Îles, Main stem Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. WednesdaySeptember 2weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Clear: 10–19 °C

River Rivière aux Chiens (Quebec) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 17 km long. Flows into Rivière des Mille Îles, Main stem Saint Lawrence River drainage basin. Close by — Laval, Saint-Jérôme and Town of Mount-Royal. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.

TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
61/100high activity

Partly cloudy: 7–11 °C

  • SaturdaySeptember 5weather-based forecast
    56/100medium activity

    Clear: 9–20 °C

  • Nearby towns

    • Laval11 km
    • Saint-Jérôme17 km
    • Town of Mount-Royal18 km

    Nearby rivers

    • Rivière des Mille Îles8 km
    • Rivière du Chicot9 km
    • Rivière Mascouche10 km

    Nearby water bodies

    • LakeLac Point Zéro3 km
    • LakeLac Fauvel5 km
    • LakeLac Beauchemin8 km
    • LakeLac-aux-Chars9 km
    • LakeLac Excelsior15 km
    • LakeLac de la Sablière Anguimarc15 km
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    Catches

    Recorded 2 catches here. Most commonly caught: Channel catfish, Pike. Peak season: April–September.

    • Channel catfish — Rivière aux Chiens, Sep 07, 2024, 8:30 AM
      Channel catfish
      Rivière aux Chiens
      Sep 07, 2024, 8:30 AM
    • Pike — Rivière aux Chiens, Apr 22, 2022, 8:24 AM
      Pike
      Rivière aux Chiens
      Apr 22, 2022, 8:24 AM

    Bite calendar

    7–Sep 13
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    Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
    Based on:weatherseasonal
    What is a bite calendar?
    Arctic charBrown troutLargemouth bassCarpAtlantic salmonBrook troutLake sturgeonMuskellungeSaugerWalleyeWhitefishYellow perchChannel catfishPikeRainbow troutStriped bassBlack crappieSmallmouth bassLake troutBurbotRainbow smelt

    Arctic char

    9/10 · Good

    Hourly activity

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    Bite activity:highmediumlow

    The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

    Peak bite hours

    Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

    Tactics

    Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

    Lures

    In clear water, natural colors work best: spoon or large fly.

    Gear

    Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly.

    Summary

    Worth going — it's a productive day.

    How this forecast is calculated

    Why this forecast

    The computed water temperature is around 9 °C — inside the 1–10 °C comfort range for Arctic char, so baseline activity is high.

    Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 1–10 °C comfort rangecomfort 1–10 °C9 °C
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    Arctic char 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 Arctic char feeds0:0012:0024:00

    Pressure is dropping 1 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

    Pressure through the day, 1 hPa change
    00:00 · 102423:00 · 1023 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 peak season for Arctic char here.

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    These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

    8 SepTuesday, September 8
    +10°

    Partly cloudy · feels like +6°

    Low / high
    +7°…+11°
    Precipitation
    0.0 mm
    Wind
    4 m/s WSW
    Cloud cover
    57%
    Humidity
    61%
    Pressure
    1026 hPa
    00:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s88%69%
    01:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s88%68%
    02:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s88%69%
    03:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s89%73%
    04:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s89%80%
    05:00+7°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s89%88%
    06:00+7°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s89%95%
    07:00+7°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s87%99%
    08:00+7°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s84%100%
    09:00+8°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s80%94%
    10:00+8°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s73%83%
    11:00+9°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s67%70%
    12:00+10°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s61%57%
    13:00+11°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s57%47%
    14:00+11°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s56%43%
    15:00+11°—4 m/ssouthwest wind, 4 m/s57%48%
    16:00+11°—4 m/ssouthwest wind, 4 m/s61%59%
    17:00+10°—3 m/ssouthwest wind, 3 m/s66%74%
    18:00+10°—3 m/ssouthwest wind, 3 m/s73%88%
    19:00+9°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s79%98%
    20:00+9°—2 m/ssouthwest wind, 2 m/s83%100%
    21:00+9°—1 m/ssouthwest wind, 1 m/s86%90%
    22:00+8°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s88%71%
    23:00+8°—2 m/ssouth wind, 2 m/s88%47%
    +11°+9°+7°
    Weather throughout the day
    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00

    Sun and moon

    Tuesday, September 8
    The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
    DaylightMoon above the horizon
    Sunrise
    06:16
    Sunset
    19:37
    Day length
    13 h 21 min
    Sunshine hours
    7 h 17 min
    UV index
    3
    moderate
    Moon
    Waning crescent
    Moonrise
    03:04
    Moonset
    18:16

    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

    +13% in the windowTuesday, September 8
    Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
    Major periodsMinor periods
    • Minor02:34–03:34Moonrise
    • Major09:49–11:49Moon overhead
    • Minor17:46–18:46Moonset
    • Major22:15–00:00Moon underfoot

    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?