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28 verified Brown trout catches are linked to River Annan. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Brown trout.
Monday, September 7
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: spinner or small crankbait.
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 13 °C — inside the 6–17 °C comfort range for Brown trout, so baseline activity is high.
Brown trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to 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.
September is an active season for Brown trout here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +12°
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.
What are solunar periods?Recorded 28 catches here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout. Peak season: April–November.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 3 | 11% |
| May | 10 | 36% |
| Jun | 9 | 32% |
| Jul | 2 | 7% |
| Aug | 1 | 4% |
| Oct | 1 | 4% |
| Nov | 2 | 7% |
River Annan (Dumfries and Galloway) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 71 km long. Flows into Solway Firth. Close by — Annan, Moffat and Lochmaben. Species found here: brown trout. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.