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23 verified Brown trout catches are linked to Loch of Swannay. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Brown trout.
Look for drop-offs and gaps in the weeds, retrieve slowly, lingering over promising spots. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Loch of Swannay — Saturday, October 24
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °C — inside the 6–17 °C comfort range for Brown trout, so baseline activity is high.
Brown trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 51 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
October is an average month for Brown trout here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +3°
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 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?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.
22 catches have this datavertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | 6 | 27% |
| 12:00 | 1 | 5% |
| 13:00 | 4 | 18% |
| 14:00 | 1 | 5% |
| 15:00 | 3 | 14% |
| 16:00 | 2 | 9% |
| 17:00 | 4 | 18% |
| 18:00 | 1 | 5% |
Loch of Swannay (Orkney Islands) — a spot well known among anglers. About 2.3 km² in area. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Biting
Fish in 23 of 23 reports
Anglers have logged 23 fishing reports here. Peak season: July.