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River Ettrick Water (Scottish Borders) — a spot well known among anglers. About 49 km long. Close by — Melrose, Hawick and Jedburgh. 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
The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. The longest river around: all 4 neighbours are shorter.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
Scottish Borders: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perch | active | active | active | fair | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Dace | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
| 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 | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Barbel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Ettrick Water — 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 08:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
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 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
Cloudy · feels like +8°
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?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Ettrick Water — 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 08:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Grayling
Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Grayling. Peak season: September.