Bite forecast: Lake Windermere

14.7 km²
depth up to 66.8 m

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Bite forecast: Lake Windermere

14.7 km²
depth up to 66.8 m

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Best fishing days for the next week

When the fish bite — season by month

Cumbria: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.

Bite season by month for the species of Cumbria
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
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
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
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

peak
active
fair
slow

By the water

2 cities

Nearest towns and cities

Nearby rivers

1 river

Other nearby places to fish

Beck Leven4 mi

Nearby water bodies

10 water bodies

Other nearby waters

Shape and shoreline

shoreline 27 mi
shoreline index 3.2
26 islands
fetch 10 mi
calmest west — east

The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 19 neighbours are smaller.

The wind builds its wave along the north — south axis — 10 mi of open water; along west — east there is only 2 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.

About this water body

Lake Windermere (Cumbria) — a popular fishing spot. About 14.7 km² in area, up to 66.76 m deep. Nearby towns: Bowness-on-Windermere and Windermere. 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.

Bite forecast: Lake Windermere

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Bite forecast: Lake Windermere

Best fishing days for the next week

When the fish bite — season by month

By the water

Nearby rivers

Nearby water bodies

Shape and shoreline

About this water body

About this water body

By the water

Best fishing days for the next week

Nearby rivers

Nearby water bodies

Shape and shoreline

When the fish bite — season by month

Bite calendar

Bleak

Hourly activity

Why this forecast

Sun and moon

Solunar feeding periods

Bite calendar

Fishing reports

Bleak

Hourly activity

Bleak

Hourly activity

Why this forecast

Sun and moon

Solunar feeding periods

Bleak

Hourly activity

Fishing reports