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Western Isles: 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 | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Grayling | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Ruffe | fair | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Whitefish | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | 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 |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Zander | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Barbel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | active | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair |
| Ide | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Wels catfish | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Chub | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | fair | 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 |
River Abhainn Mhòr a' Ghlinne Ruaidh (Western Isles) — a popular fishing spot. About 1 km long. 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.
Tuesday, November 3
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Abhainn Mhòr a' Ghlinne Ruaidh — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 16:00–18:00.
The computed water temperature is around 9 °C — inside the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 4 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 Atlantic salmon: 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
Clear · feels like +10°
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?Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Abhainn Mhòr a' Ghlinne Ruaidh — Tuesday, November 3
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 16:00–18:00.
Other nearby waters
The course runs nearly straight: there are few bend pools, and the structure to look for is riffles and scour holes.