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Saskatchewan: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake trout | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | peak | active | peak |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brook trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Goldeye | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Lake sturgeon | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Sauger | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Walleye | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Yellow perch | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Burbot | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active |
Mitawanga Lake (Saskatchewan) — a spot well known among anglers. About 1.1 km² in area. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Wednesday, October 21
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Mitawanga Lake — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 7 °C — inside the 7–16 °C comfort range for Brook trout, so baseline activity is high.
Brook trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 9 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 peak season for Brook trout here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +6°
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 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?Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots.
Mitawanga Lake — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. Smaller than 12 of the 20 waters nearby.
The longest fetch is 2 km along the north-west — south-east axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.