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Lindean Loch (Scottish Borders) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 10 ha in area. 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.
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The shoreline is heavily indented — bays, points and spits. Look for pike at the mouths of the bays and on the drop-offs behind the points. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 18 neighbours are smaller.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them.
Lindean Loch — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 11:00–16:00.
The computed water temperature is around 9 °C — colder than the 14–26 °C comfort range for Bleak: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Bleak feeds by day — between 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 a slow season for Bleak: the best months fall at another time of year.
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?Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them.
Lindean Loch — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 11:00–16:00.