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Recorded 3 catches of Wels catfish in Cornwall. Most active — April. A day-by-day bite calendar for Wels catfish.
Tackle, baits, spots and seasons — a full guide to catching Wels catfish.
Read the guide →Sunday, September 6
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably.
Best time — 00:00–04:00 and 23:00–23:00 (nighttime activity).
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
In clear water, natural colors work best: catfish clonk with bait or large bottom bait.
No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 17 °C — inside the 16–28 °C comfort range for Wels catfish, so baseline activity is high.
Wels catfish feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is dropping 6 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
September is an average month for Wels catfish here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +20°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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.
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