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Kirkwall (Orkney Islands) — a popular fishing spot. Nearby: 18 water bodies and 26 sea areas. The bite forecast is computed separately for rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. 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.
Wednesday, October 21
Tap any fish to open its full forecast — the hours it bites, what it takes, and where it has been caught.
Drizzle · feels like +7°
The day is 5 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?Orkney Islands: 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 |
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| Perch | active | active |
| active |
| fair |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| peak |
| peak |
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Conger eel | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Dace | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| European sea bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Pollack | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
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| Ruffe | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Thornback ray | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
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| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
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| Bream | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| European eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Flounder | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Grey mullet | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Zander | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active |
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| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
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| Plaice | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow |
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| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
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| Whiting | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
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| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| White bream | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair |
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| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
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| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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Cloudy: 7–9 °C
Biting
Fish in 27 of 27 reports · Mostly Brown trout
Anglers have logged 27 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout. Peak season: July.
The ranking weighs the regional forecast by water type, catches linked to each water body and distance from the city center.