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River Little Stour (Kent) — a spot well known among anglers. About 6 km long. Nearby towns: Canterbury and Sandwich. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
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The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. Shorter than 4 of the 5 rivers nearby.
Kent: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perch | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Dace | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Grayling | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
| Ruffe | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| Whitefish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
| Barbel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Bream | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Bleak | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Tuesday, November 3
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Little Stour — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 06:00–08:00 and 16:00–18:00.
The computed water temperature is around 11 °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 dropping 2 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.
November is a slow season for Atlantic salmon: 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
Rain · feels like +8°
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 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?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Little Stour — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 06:00–08:00 and 16:00–18:00.
Cloudy: 5–10 °C
Measured river conditions are available for Little Stour: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
Environment Agency gauge Little Stour at Littlebourne, 2 mi away · typical 0.01–0.53 m · measured 2026-11-03 03:45 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision