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Nearest towns and cities in the region
Drizzle: 12–14 °C
Midleton (County Cork) — a draw for anglers. Nearby: 4 rivers, 4 water bodies and 2 sea areas. We forecast the bite not only on rivers and lakes, but at sea as well. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
The ranking weighs the regional forecast by water type, catches linked to each water body and distance from the city center.
Wednesday, October 21
Tap any fish to open its full forecast — the hours it bites, what it takes, and where it has been caught.
Partly cloudy · feels like +3°
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 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?County Cork: 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 |
| fair |
| fair |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| active |
| peak |
| peak |
| peak |
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Conger eel | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
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| European sea bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Flounder | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
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| Grey mullet | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
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| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
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| Thornback ray | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
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| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
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| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
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| Plaice | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Pollack | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
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| Whiting | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak |
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| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
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| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
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| White bream | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | active | fair | slow | fair | fair |
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| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow | slow | slow |
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| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
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| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | active | active | active | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
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