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Inverscaddle Bay (Highland) — a spot well known among anglers. About 89 ha in area. Nearest town — Fort William. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. 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.
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The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. Larger than 8 of the 11 waters nearby.
Highland: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornback ray | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak |
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Conger eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European sea bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Flounder | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Grey mullet | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Pollack | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow |
| Plaice | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow |
| Whiting | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
Saturday, October 24
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Inverscaddle Bay — Saturday, October 24
The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 7 °C — inside the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic cod works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 55 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
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 active season for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 6.6 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Drizzle · feels like -1°
The day is 5 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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Inverscaddle Bay — Saturday, October 24
The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.