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North Bay (Highland) — a popular fishing spot. About 12 ha in area. The town of Portree is nearby. This is a sea water — its bite forecast is a marine one, computed apart from rivers and lakes. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
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The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. Larger than 11 of the 19 waters nearby.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.
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.
North 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.
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
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2.0 m | -1.4 m | -0.6 m | 0.2 m | 0.8 m | 1.0 m | 0.9 m | 0.4 m | -0.3 m | -1.0 m | -1.6 m | -1.9 m | -1.8 m | -1.0 m | -0.1 m | 0.9 m | 1.6 m | 2.1 m | 2.1 m | 1.7 m | 1.0 m | 0.1 m | -0.7 m | -1.3 m |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 7.1 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 7.1 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.
North 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.