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Loch Hope (Highland) — a popular fishing spot. About 6.3 km² in area. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
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. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. Larger than 15 of the 16 waters nearby.
The wind builds its wave along the north — south axis — 6 mi of open water; along west — east 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.
Highland: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined. The bottom row counts the catches logged on this water in each month.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perch | peak | active | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Ruffe | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Dace | 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 |
| Pike | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Zander | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Bream | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | fair |
| Bleak | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow |
| Catches here | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brown trout | 41 | 89% |
| Rainbow trout | 3 | 7% |
| Atlantic salmon | 1 | 2% |
| Brook trout | 1 | 2% |
Wednesday, October 21
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
ThunderstormThunderstorm possible: put the rod down and leave open shoreline at the first rumble.
Loch Hope — 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 12:00–15:00.
The computed water temperature is around 8 °C — colder than the 14–26 °C comfort range for Bleak: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Bleak feeds by day — between 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 average month for Bleak here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
ThunderstormThunderstorm possible: put the rod down and leave open shoreline at the first rumble.
Loch Hope — 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 12:00–15:00.
Biting
Fish in 46 of 46 reports · Mostly Brown trout
Anglers have logged 46 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Brook trout. Peak season: August–September.