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Bay The Houb (Shetland) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 21 ha in area. Salt water, not fresh — so this page carries its own marine bite forecast. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Other nearby waters
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. Larger than 15 of the 20 waters nearby.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.
Shetland: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conger eel | fair | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Thornback ray | fair | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | active | fair |
| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair |
| European sea bass | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair |
| Flounder | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair |
| Grey mullet | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair |
| Plaice | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair |
| Pollack | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | fair |
| Whiting | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
The Houb — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 17:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 9 °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 15 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 average month for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 1.1 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 1.1 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Drizzle · feels like +4°
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?Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
The Houb — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 17:00–19:00.
Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Brown trout
Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Brown trout. Peak season: September.