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Bay Loch Eil (Highland) — a spot well known among anglers. About 10 km² 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.
Nearest towns and cities
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 |
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. Larger than 7 of the 8 waters nearby.
The wind builds its wave along the west — east axis — 6 mi of open water; along north — south there is only 1 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Loch Eil — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. 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 8 °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 flat: it moves no more than 1 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
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 11.1 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Drizzle · feels like +6°
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 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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Loch Eil — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.