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5 verified Perch catches are linked to River Blackwater. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Perch.
Tuesday, November 3
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Blackwater — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is strong — fish are active. Weather is steady, with no sharp swings — fish behave predictably. Peak 06:00–08:00 and 16:00–18:00.
The computed water temperature is around 11 °C — inside the 10–22 °C comfort range for Perch, so baseline activity is high.
Perch works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 2 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
November is peak season for Perch here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +10°
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?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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 1 | 20% |
| Jun | 4 | 80% |
River Blackwater (Essex) — a popular fishing spot. About 84 km long. Flows into North Sea. Close by — Chelmsford, Colchester and Southend-on-Sea. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Biting
Fish in 5 of 5 reports
Anglers have logged 5 fishing reports here. Peak season: March–June.