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Rother Valley Lake (South Yorkshire) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 34 ha in area. This page shows an hourly bite forecast for today and the week ahead; the algorithm factors in the weather, atmospheric pressure, and the moon phase.
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The islands add structure: drop-offs around their perimeter and channels between them and the bank. The largest water around: all 16 neighbours are smaller.
The wind builds its wave along the north — south axis — 1 mi of open water; along west — east there is only 0.2 mi. When it runs down the main axis, the calm water sits against the bank it blows from, while the wave and the silt go to the far one — and the fish follow them there to feed.
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Tuesday, November 3
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them.
Rother Valley Lake — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 09:00–15:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °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 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 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
Partly cloudy · feels like +7°
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 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?South Yorkshire: 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 | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active |
| Dace | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Ruffe | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
| Whitefish | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Ide | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair | fair |
| Bleak | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Crucian carp | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them.
Rother Valley Lake — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 09:00–15:00.
Biting
Fish in 2 of 2 reports · Mostly Tench
Anglers have logged 2 fishing reports here. Most commonly caught: Tench. Peak season: May–June.