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Dumfries and Galloway: 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 | peak | peak | peak |
| Dace | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
| Ruffe | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | fair | fair |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | 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 |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
Reservoir Clatteringshaws Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) — a spot well known among anglers. About 3.6 km² in area. Nearby towns: Newton Stewart and Creetown. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
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The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The largest water around: all 10 neighbours are smaller.
The longest fetch is 2 mi along the north-west — south-east axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
Tuesday, November 3
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Clatteringshaws Loch — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 10:00–15:00.
The computed water temperature is around 8 °C — colder than the 14–26 °C comfort range for Bleak: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Bleak feeds by day — between sunrise and sunset; their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 3 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
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.
November is a slow season for Bleak: the best months fall at another time of year.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +7°
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 fieldquiet, Kp 2
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?Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Clatteringshaws Loch — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 10:00–15:00.