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River Coquet (Northumberland) — a spot well known among anglers. About 89 km long. Flows into North Sea. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
The course meanders heavily: the current digs a pool on the outside of every bend and builds a bar on the inside. Those pools under the undercut bank are where pike typically sits.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
River Coquet — 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 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °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 flat: it moves no more than 0 hPa over the day, so the weather isn't shifting today's bite.
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 active season for Atlantic salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Drizzle · feels like +10°
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 fieldunsettled, Kp 4
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?Northumberland: 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 | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Dace | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Grayling | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Ruffe | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
| Barbel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | active | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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 Coquet — 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 and 18:00–19:00.
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Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Atlantic salmon
Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Atlantic salmon. Peak season: April.
Measured river conditions are available for River Coquet: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
Environment Agency gauge River Coquet at Alwinton Bridge, 4 mi away · typical 0.22–1.60 m · measured 2026-10-21 13:00 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision