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Cumbria: 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 |
| 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 |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| 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 |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | 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 |
| 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 |
River Irthing (Cumbria) — a popular fishing spot. About 58 km long. Flows into River Eden. The town of Carlisle is nearby. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
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Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Irthing — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–10:00 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 4 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
Cloudy · feels like +8°
The day is 4 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.
River Irthing — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The course meanders heavily: the current digs a pool on the outside of every bend and builds a bar on the inside. Those pools under the undercut bank are where pike typically sits. Longer than 13 of the 15 rivers nearby.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters