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Drizzle: 8–12 °C
Oldham (Greater Manchester) — a popular fishing spot. Nearby: 8 rivers and 30 water bodies. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Wednesday, October 21
Tap any fish to open its full forecast — the hours it bites, what it takes, and where it has been caught.
Rain · 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 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?Greater Manchester: 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 |
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| Perch | active | active |
| fair |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| peak |
| peak |
| active |
| Dace | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
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| Grayling | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
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| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
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| Ruffe | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
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| Whitefish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Barbel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Bream | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
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| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Chub | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Ide | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| White bream | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair |
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| Bleak | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Crucian carp | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Rudd | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Tench | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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Biting
Fish in 60 of 60 reports · Mostly Carp
Anglers have logged 60 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Carp, Brown trout, Crucian carp. Peak season: year-round.
The ranking weighs the regional forecast by water type, catches linked to each water body and distance from the city center.