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Bay West Burra Firth (Shetland) — a spot well known among anglers. About 53 ha in area. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
Other nearby waters
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 19 neighbours are smaller.
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 |
Tuesday, November 3
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
West Burra Firth — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 16:00–17:00.
The computed water temperature is around 8 °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 2 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.
November is an active season 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 0.4 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 0.4 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Cloudy · 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 fieldquiet, Kp 2
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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
West Burra Firth — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 16:00–17:00.