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River Roding (Essex) — a spot well known among anglers. About 40 km long. Flows into River Thames. Nearby towns: Chelmsford and Harlow. 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.
The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. Longer than 4 of the 7 rivers nearby.
Nearest towns and cities
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Roding — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 07:00–09:00.
The computed water temperature is around 12 °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 6 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 average month for Atlantic salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +6°
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 fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
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?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Roding — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 07:00–09:00.
Essex: 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 | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Dace | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Grayling | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
| Ruffe | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| Whitefish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Barbel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Bream | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | active | active | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair |
| Ide | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Bleak | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Carp
Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Carp. Peak season: May.
Measured river conditions are available for River Roding: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
Environment Agency gauge River Roding at High Ongar, 4 mi away · typical 0.05–1.45 m · measured 2026-10-21 04:15 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision