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Recorded 32 catches of Brown trout in West Sussex. Most active — April–October. A day-by-day bite calendar for Brown trout.
Tackle, baits, spots and seasons — a full guide to catching Brown trout.
Read the guide →Friday, September 4
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: spinner or small crankbait.
No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
The computed water temperature is around 18 °C — warmer than the 6–17 °C comfort range for Brown trout: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Brown trout works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 4 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
September is an average month for Brown trout here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Cloudy · feels like +20°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
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.
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