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Sea of the Hebrides (Highland) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 4884.3 km² in area. The town of Portree is nearby. Salt water, not fresh — so this page carries its own marine bite forecast. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches.
The longest fetch is 60 mi along the north — south axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
Recorded 13 catches here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout. Peak season: May–August.
Sunday, September 20
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Sea of the Hebrides — Sunday, September 20
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–08:00 and 19:00–21:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °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 rising 21 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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.
September is a slow season for Atlantic cod: the best months fall at another time of year.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 1.9 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 1.9 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Clear · feels like +3°
The day is 5 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?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 |
|---|---|---|
| May | 7 | 54% |
| Aug | 5 | 38% |
| Sep | 1 | 8% |