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River Ribble (Lancashire) — a popular fishing spot. About 73 km long. Flows into Irish Sea. Close by — Preston, Blackburn and Rishton. 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 course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. The longest river around: all 6 neighbours are shorter.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Ribble — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–09:00.
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 rising 5 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
Drizzle · 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 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.
Caught here in 1 fishing report.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Ribble — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–09:00.
Drizzle: 8–12 °C
Lancashire: 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 | active | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Dace | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair |
| 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 |
| Barbel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair |
| Bleak | slow | fair | active | 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 | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Biting
Fish in 2 of 2 reports · Mostly Atlantic salmon
Anglers have logged 2 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Atlantic salmon, Chub. Peak season: May–December.
Measured river conditions are available for River Ribble: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
Environment Agency gauge River Ribble at New Jumbles Rock, 0 mi away · typical 0.26–2.80 m · measured 2026-10-21 06:30 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision