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Bay The Ouse (Orkney Islands) — a popular fishing spot. About 12 ha in area. The town of Kirkwall is nearby. This is a sea water — its bite forecast is a marine one, computed apart from rivers and lakes. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Nearest towns and cities
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. Smaller than 13 of the 20 waters nearby.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Conger eel | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European sea bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Pollack | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Thornback ray | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Flounder | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Grey mullet | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Plaice | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow |
| Whiting | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
The Ouse — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 07:00–10:00 and 17:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 11 °C — inside the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic cod works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 8 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.
October is an active season for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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| -0.8 m | -0.9 m | -0.7 m | -0.4 m | -0.2 m | -0.1 m | 0.1 m | 0.3 m | 0.3 m | 0.1 m | -0.2 m | -0.3 m | -0.4 m | -0.6 m | -0.5 m | -0.3 m | 0.0 m | 0.2 m | 0.3 m | 0.4 m | 0.4 m | 0.2 m | -0.2 m | -0.5 m |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 3.6 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 3.6 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
The Ouse — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 07:00–10:00 and 17:00–19:00.