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United Kingdom / Cumbria / River Eden

Bite forecast: River Eden

  • length 130 km
  • Flows into Solway Firth
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. WednesdaySeptember 9weather-based forecast
    65/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 5–12 °C

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River Eden (Cumbria) — a popular fishing spot. About 130 km long. Flows into Solway Firth. Nearby towns: Carlisle and Penrith. 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.

Catches

Recorded 8 catches here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout, Atlantic salmon. Peak season: April–October.

  • Brown trout
    River Eden
    12 °C13 mph
    Oct 11, 2023, 2:31 PM
  • Atlantic salmon
    River Eden
    14 °C9 mph
    Oct 13, 2021, 3:24 PM
  • Brown trout
    River Eden
    14 °C7 mph
    Jul 22, 2015, 10:18 PM
  • Brown trout
    River Eden
    15 °C4 mph
    Jun 20, 2015, 1:05 PM
  • Brown trout
    River Eden
    14 °C2 mph
    Jun 09, 2015, 3:22 PM
  • Brown trout
    River Eden
    9 °C9 mph
    May 18, 2015, 3:50 PM
  • Atlantic salmon
    River Eden
    11 °C9 mph
    Apr 14, 2014, 4:10 PM
  • Brown trout
    River Eden
    7 °C9 mph
    Apr 27, 2013, 3:12 PM
SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
62/100high activity

Cloudy: 13–19 °C

  • TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    58/100medium activity

    Cloudy: 7–13 °C

  • Nearby towns

    • Carlisle0.4 mi
    • Penrith4 mi

    Bite calendar

    Thursday, September 3

    Aug 31 – Sep 6
    Mon
    Tue
    Wed
    Thu
    Fri
    Sat
    Sun
    Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
    Based on:weatherseasonal
    What is a bite calendar?
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    Atlantic salmon

    6/10 · Fair

    Hourly activity

    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00
    Bite activity:highmediumlow

    The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.

    Peak bite hours

    Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

    Tactics

    Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

    Lures

    The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: salmon spoon or salmon fly.

    Gear

    No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do. A thunderstorm is possible — bring a rain jacket, and pack up at the first rumble of thunder.

    Summary

    An average day — best chances during peak windows.

    How this forecast is calculated

    Why this forecast

    The computed water temperature is around 14 °C — inside the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.

    Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 4–14 °C comfort rangecomfort 4–14 °C14 °C
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    Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

    The day: daylight hours and when Atlantic salmon feeds0:0012:0024:00

    Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 0 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.

    Pressure through the day, 0 hPa change
    00:00 · 101023:00 · 1009 hPa

    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.

    Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

    September is an active season for Atlantic salmon here.

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    These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

    3 SepThursday, September 3
    +16°

    Cloudy · feels like +13°

    Low / high
    +13°…+17°
    Precipitation
    0.0 mm
    Wind
    14 mph WSW
    Cloud cover
    100%
    Humidity
    75%
    Pressure
    1012 hPa
    00:00+17°—13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph91%100%
    01:00+16°—12 mphsouthwest wind, 12 mph90%100%
    02:00+16°—14 mphsouthwest wind, 14 mph90%100%
    03:00+15°0.3 mm15 mphwest wind, 15 mph94%98%
    04:00+15°—15 mphwest wind, 15 mph92%79%
    05:00+15°0.2 mm17 mphwest wind, 17 mph92%84%
    06:00+14°—15 mphwest wind, 15 mph89%87%
    07:00+14°—13 mphwest wind, 13 mph90%79%
    08:00+14°—16 mphwest wind, 16 mph87%6%
    09:00+15°—18 mphwest wind, 18 mph81%30%
    10:00+15°—15 mphwest wind, 15 mph79%88%
    11:00+16°—15 mphwest wind, 15 mph74%40%
    12:00+16°—14 mphwest wind, 14 mph75%100%
    13:00+17°—15 mphwest wind, 15 mph64%100%
    14:00+16°—13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph77%100%
    15:00+15°0.1 mm13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph84%100%
    16:00+14°2.3 mm7 mphsouthwest wind, 7 mph96%100%
    17:00+15°5.5 mm7 mphwest wind, 7 mph97%100%
    18:00+14°3.5 mm14 mphsouthwest wind, 14 mph93%100%
    19:00+13°1.3 mm14 mphwest wind, 14 mph93%100%
    20:00+13°0.4 mm14 mphsouthwest wind, 14 mph93%100%
    21:00+13°0.1 mm14 mphsouthwest wind, 14 mph90%100%
    22:00+13°0.2 mm13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph91%100%
    23:00+13°0.2 mm11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph93%100%
    +17°+15°+13°
    Weather throughout the day
    0:006:0012:0018:0023:00

    Sun and moon

    Thursday, September 3
    The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
    DaylightMoon above the horizon
    Sunrise
    06:22
    Sunset
    19:58
    Day length
    13 h 36 min
    Sunshine hours
    5 h 19 min
    UV index
    2
    low
    Moon
    Last quarter
    Moonrise
    21:30
    Moonset
    15:04

    The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.

    Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

    Solunar feeding periods

    +14% in the windowThursday, September 3
    Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
    Major periodsMinor periods
    • Major04:51–06:51Moon overhead
    • Minor14:34–15:34Moonset
    • Major17:20–19:20Moon underfoot
    • Minor21:00–22:00Moonrise

    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?

    Nearby rivers

    • River Eden2 mi
    • Morland Beck2 mi
    • River Lyvennet3 mi
    • Sleagill Beck4 mi
    • Knock Gill4 mi
    • River Leith5 mi
    • River Eamont6 mi
    • Shap Beck6 mi
    • Helm Beck7 mi
    • River Lowther7 mi

    Nearby water bodies

    • LakeBlencarn Lake4 mi
    • LakeWhins Pond6 mi
    • LakeSeamore Tarn6 mi
    • LakeDecoy Pond6 mi
    • LakeGreat Rundale Tarn6 mi

    BiteGuide·From anglers’ reports

    What actually worked on this water

    Based on 8 verified catchesPeriod: 2013–2023

    This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.

    By fish species

    vertical axis — number of catches

    036
    62
    Brown troutAtlantic salmon
    By fish species
    ValueCatchesShare
    Brown trout675%
    Atlantic salmon225%

    By month

    vertical axis — number of catches

    012
    21212
    AprMayJunJulOct
    By month
    ValueCatchesShare
    Apr225%
    May113%
    Jun225%
    Jul113%
    Oct225%

    By time of day

    vertical axis — number of catches

    024
    11411
    1415161723
    By time of day
    ValueCatchesShare
    14:00113%
    15:00113%
    16:00450%
    17:00113%
    23:00113%

    Air temperature, °C

    vertical axis — number of catches

    035
    251
    51015
    Air temperature, °C
    ValueCatchesShare
    5–9 °C225%
    10–14 °C563%
    15–19 °C113%

    Pressure, mmHg

    vertical axis — number of catches

    023
    11321
    745750755765770
    Pressure, mmHg
    ValueCatchesShare
    745–749 mmHg113%
    750–754 mmHg113%
    755–759 mmHg338%
    765–769 mmHg225%
    770–774 mmHg113%

    Wind direction

    vertical axis — number of catches

    024
    2141
    NSWWNW
    Wind direction
    ValueCatchesShare
    N225%
    SW113%
    W450%
    NW113%

    Wind speed, mph

    vertical axis — number of catches

    024
    1241
    04913
    Wind speed, mph
    ValueCatchesShare
    0–2 mph113%
    4–7 mph225%
    9–11 mph450%
    13–16 mph113%