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River Darent (Kent) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 35 km long. Flows into River Thames. Nearby towns: Dartford, Sevenoaks and Swanley. 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
The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. Longer than 4 of the 5 rivers nearby.
Kent: 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 | active | active |
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Darent — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 12 °C — inside the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 7 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.
October is an average month for Atlantic salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +5°
The day is 4 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.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Darent — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
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| Dace | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| European eel | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Grayling | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
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| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
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| Ruffe | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
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| Whitefish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
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| Barbel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Bream | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| White bream | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair |
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| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Chub | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Ide | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Bleak | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Crucian carp | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Rudd | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Tench | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Catches here | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carp | 4 | 67% |
| Pike | 1 | 17% |
| Tench | 1 | 17% |
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
Biting
Fish in 6 of 6 reports · Mostly Carp
Anglers have logged 6 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Carp, Pike, Tench. Peak season: May–November.
Measured river conditions are available for Darent: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
Environment Agency gauge River Darent at Otford, 1 mi away · typical 0.07–0.80 m · measured 2026-10-21 03:00 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision