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22 verified Barbel catches are linked to River Wye. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Barbel.
Monday, September 21
Pick a stretch of steady current, chum one spot and fish it — don't move around without reason.
River Wye — Monday, September 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 06:00–09:00 and 19:00–21:00.
The computed water temperature is around 16 °C — inside the 14–24 °C comfort range for Barbel, so baseline activity is high.
Barbel works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is flat: it moves no more than 1 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
September is peak season for Barbel here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Partly cloudy · feels like +18°
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 22 catches here. Most commonly caught: Barbel. Peak season: June–September.
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 | 3% |
| Jun | 7 | 18% |
| Jul | 15 | 39% |
| Aug | 4 | 11% |
| Sep | 7 | 18% |
| Oct | 3 | 8% |
| Nov | 1 | 3% |
River Wye (Herefordshire) — a popular fishing spot. About 119 km long. Flows into Severn Estuary. Nearest town — Kington. Fish species: barbel. 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.