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Aberdeenshire: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perch | active | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Dace | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
| Grayling | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Ruffe | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow |
| 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 |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Barbel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | active | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
River Valentine Burn (Aberdeenshire) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 1 km long. Close by — Huntly, Inverurie and Kintore. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
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The course runs nearly straight: there are few bend pools, and the structure to look for is riffles and scour holes.
Sunday, October 25
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Valentine Burn — Sunday, October 25
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 9 °C — inside the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 31 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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 Atlantic salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Rain · feels like -1°
The day is 5 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldunsettled, Kp 4
Kp index — NOAA data. 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.
Valentine Burn — Sunday, October 25
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.