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Chilham Lake (Kent) — a spot well known among anglers. About 12 ha in area. Nearby towns: Canterbury and Ashford. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Recorded 28 catches here. Most commonly caught: Carp. Peak season: April–October.
Cloudy: 18–23 °C
Thursday, September 3
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.
Best time — 11:00–16:00 (daytime activity).
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them.
Today's bait — maggot or small hook with dough bait.
No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 18 °C — inside the 14–26 °C comfort range for Bleak, so baseline activity is high.
Bleak feeds by day — between sunrise and sunset; their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 1 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.
September is a slow season for Bleak: 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
Cloudy · feels like +20°
The day is 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 1 | 4% |
| Apr | 4 | 14% |
| May | 10 | 36% |
| Jun | 2 | 7% |
| Jul | 2 | 7% |
| Aug | 1 | 4% |
| Sep | 4 | 14% |
| Oct | 3 | 11% |
| Nov | 1 | 4% |