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Canada / Quebec / River Rivière Ouareau

Bite forecast: River Rivière Ouareau

  • length 108 km
  • Flows into Rivière L'Assomption, Rivière L'Assomption basin
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 10weather-based forecast
    64/100high activity

    Clear: 4–10 °C

  2. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Cloudy: 6–11 °C

  3. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Drizzle: 7–9 °C

River Rivière Ouareau (Quebec) — a popular fishing spot. About 108 km long. Flows into Rivière L'Assomption, Rivière L'Assomption basin. 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.

Nearby rivers

  • Rivière Trudel3 km

Nearby water bodies

  • LakeLac Jean-Pierre1 km
  • LakeLac Canadien1 km
  • LakeLac à la Barbotte1 km
  • LakeLac Clément1 km
  • LakeLac sur la Montagne2 km
  • LakeLac Creux2 km
  • LakeRapides Patrick R-IV2 km
  • LakeLac Brabant2 km
  • LakeLac Lise2 km
  • LakeLac d'Argent2 km

Catches

Recorded 9 catches here. Most commonly caught: Yellow perch, Smallmouth bass. Peak season: June–September.

  • Yellow perch — Rivière Ouareau, Aug 15, 2025, 3:32 PM
    Yellow perch
    Rivière Ouareau
    Aug 15, 2025, 3:32 PM
  • Yellow perch — Rivière Ouareau, Aug 13, 2025, 6:57 PM
    Yellow perch
    Rivière Ouareau
    Aug 13, 2025, 6:57 PM
  • Yellow perch — Rivière Ouareau, Sep 27, 2024, 5:40 PM
    Yellow perch
    Rivière Ouareau
    Sep 27, 2024, 5:40 PM
  • Smallmouth bass — Rivière Ouareau, Sep 27, 2024, 5:22 PM
    Smallmouth bass
    Rivière Ouareau
    Sep 27, 2024, 5:22 PM
  • Yellow perch — Rivière Ouareau, Sep 27, 2024, 4:53 PM
    Yellow perch
    Rivière Ouareau
    Sep 27, 2024, 4:53 PM
  • Yellow perch — Rivière Ouareau, Sep 03, 2023, 7:07 PM
    Yellow perch
    Rivière Ouareau
    Sep 03, 2023, 7:07 PM
  • Yellow perch — Rivière Ouareau, Jun 25, 2023, 6:57 AM
    Yellow perch
    Rivière Ouareau
    Jun 25, 2023, 6:57 AM
  • Yellow perch — Rivière Ouareau, Aug 20, 2022, 7:06 PM
    Yellow perch
    Rivière Ouareau
    Aug 20, 2022, 7:06 PM
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Bite calendar

7–Sep 13
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Arctic charBrown troutLargemouth bassAtlantic salmonBrook troutCarpLake sturgeonWhitefishChannel catfishMuskellungePikeRainbow troutSaugerStriped bassWalleyeYellow perchBlack 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. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably.

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. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.

Lures

The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: spoon or large fly. The water's cold — work the lure slower than usual.

Gear

Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.

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 6 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 6 hPa change
00:00 · 102423:00 · 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 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
+8°

Drizzle · feels like +4°

Low / high
+6°…+9°
Precipitation
0.1 mm
Wind
4 m/s W
Cloud cover
100%
Humidity
76%
Pressure
1024 hPa
00:00+6°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s92%93%
01:00+6°—4 m/snorthwest wind, 4 m/s92%94%
02:00+6°—4 m/snorthwest wind, 4 m/s91%95%
03:00+6°—4 m/snorthwest wind, 4 m/s90%94%
04:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s88%92%
05:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s86%91%
06:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s85%92%
07:00+7°—4 m/snorthwest wind, 4 m/s85%94%
08:00+7°—4 m/snorthwest wind, 4 m/s84%96%
09:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s83%98%
10:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s81%99%
11:00+8°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s79%100%
12:00+8°0.1 mm4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s76%100%
13:00+9°0.1 mm5 m/swest wind, 5 m/s73%100%
14:00+9°0.1 mm5 m/swest wind, 5 m/s71%100%
15:00+9°—5 m/swest wind, 5 m/s72%100%
16:00+9°—5 m/swest wind, 5 m/s73%100%
17:00+8°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s74%100%
18:00+8°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s76%100%
19:00+8°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s76%100%
20:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s78%100%
21:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s80%100%
22:00+7°—4 m/swest wind, 4 m/s82%100%
23:00+7°—3 m/swest wind, 3 m/s84%100%
+9°+8°+6°
Weather throughout the day
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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
30 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?

BiteGuide·From anglers’ reports

What actually worked on this water

Based on 9 verified catchesPeriod: 2022–2025

This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.

By fish species

vertical axis — number of catches

048
81
Yellow perchSmallmouth bass
By fish species
ValueCatchesShare
Yellow perch889%
Smallmouth bass111%

By month

vertical axis — number of catches

024
144
JunAugSep
By month
ValueCatchesShare
Jun111%
Aug444%
Sep444%

By time of day

vertical axis — number of catches

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111222
21112131415
By time of day
ValueCatchesShare
02:00111%
11:00111%
12:00111%
13:00222%
14:00222%
15:00222%