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River Usk (Powys) — a popular fishing spot. About 67 km long. Flows into Bristol Channel. Nearest town — Llanwrtyd Wells. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Nearest towns and cities
The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. The longest river around: all 14 neighbours are shorter.
Powys: 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 |
Wednesday, October 21
Green check: this species was recorded here by GBIF. Species without a check may still occur in the waterbody.
Occurs in this waterbody — confirmed by observations. Source: GBIF
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
River Usk — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 9 °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 rising 8 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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 0°
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 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?| active |
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| Dace | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Grayling | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
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| Ruffe | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
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| Barbel | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
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| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow |
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| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
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| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
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| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
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| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
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| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| White bream | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | fair | fair |
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| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Catches here | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | 1 | 9% |
| 14:00 | 4 | 36% |
| 15:00 | 1 | 9% |
| 16:00 | 1 | 9% |
| 17:00 | 1 | 9% |
| 18:00 | 2 | 18% |
| 21:00 | 1 | 9% |
Green check: this species was recorded here by GBIF. Species without a check may still occur in the waterbody.
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Occurs in this waterbody — confirmed by observations. Source: GBIF
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
River Usk — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–09:00 and 18:00–19:00.
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Biting
Fish in 11 of 11 reports · Mostly Brown trout
Anglers have logged 11 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout. Peak season: April–July.