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Sea North Channel (County Down) — a spot well known among anglers. About 3237.7 km² in area, up to 272 m deep. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. 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.
Cloudy: 12–16 °C
Recorded 8 catches here. Most commonly caught: Carp, Atlantic salmon, Brown trout. Peak season: year-round.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carp | 5 | 63% |
| Atlantic salmon | 2 | 25% |
| Brown trout | 1 | 13% |
Saturday, September 5
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.
Best time — 07:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
In clear water, natural colors work best: pirk or lugworm bottom rig.
Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 14 °C — warmer than the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Atlantic cod works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 5 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.
September is an active season for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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| -1.3 m | -0.8 m | -0.3 m | 0.2 m | 0.5 m | 0.7 m | 0.6 m | 0.3 m | -0.2 m | -0.7 m | -1.1 m | -1.3 m | -1.3 m | -1.1 m | -0.6 m | -0.1 m | 0.4 m | 0.6 m | 0.7 m | 0.6 m | 0.2 m | -0.4 m | -0.9 m | -1.2 m |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 2.6 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 2.6 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Cloudy · feels like +14°
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.
What are solunar periods?