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River Tay (Perth and Kinross) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 91 km long. Flows into Firth of Tay. Nearby towns: Dunkeld, Perth and Aberfeldy. 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.
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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. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
River Tay — 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 09:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 8 °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 1 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 +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 forecast. 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?Drizzle: 5–7 °C
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Caught here in 77 fishing reports.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
River Tay — 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 09:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.
Perth and Kinross: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined. The bottom row counts the catches logged on this water in each month.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perch | active | active | active | active | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Dace | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Grayling | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Ruffe | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | 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 | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Zander | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Barbel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair |
| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Catches here | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
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.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic salmon | 77 | 86% |
| Brown trout | 7 | 8% |
| Coho salmon | 6 | 7% |
Biting
Fish in 90 of 90 reports · Mostly Atlantic salmon
Anglers have logged 90 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Atlantic salmon, Brown trout, Coho salmon. Peak season: March–October.