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European eel lives in County Durham. Today's bite forecast, a day-by-day and hour-by-hour activity calendar, best time and baits.
Tackle, baits, spots and seasons — a full guide to catching European eel.
Read the guide →The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.
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.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: worm bottom rig or fish strip bait.
Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.
Worth going — it's a productive day.
The computed water temperature is around 14 °C — inside the 12–24 °C comfort range for European eel, so baseline activity is high.
European eel feeds at night: the peak falls in the dark hours, between sunset and sunrise.
Pressure is rising 11 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
September is peak season for European eel here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Partly cloudy · feels like +13°
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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