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Ireland / County Dublin / River Dodder

Bite forecast: River Dodder

  • length 26 km
  • Flows into River Liffey
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. ThursdaySeptember 10weather-based forecast
    62/100high activity

    Cloudy: 12–17 °C

  2. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    57/100medium activity

    Cloudy: 12–18 °C

  3. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    56/100medium activity

    Cloudy: 17–21 °C

Nearby towns

  • Tallaght0.7 mi
  • Dublin1 mi
  • Dundrum1 mi

River Dodder (County Dublin) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 26 km long. Flows into River Liffey. Nearby towns: Tallaght, Dublin and Dundrum. 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.

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Bite calendar

7–Sep 13
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Tue
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Thu
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
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Atlantic salmon

7/10 · Good

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

Lures

In clear water, natural colors work best: salmon spoon or salmon fly.

Gear

Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 14 °C — warmer than the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 4–14 °C comfort rangecomfort 4–14 °C14 °C
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Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

The day: daylight hours and when Atlantic salmon feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is rising 4 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.

Pressure through the day, 4 hPa change
00:00 · 101823:00 · 1022 hPa

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.

Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

September is an active season for Atlantic salmon here.

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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

9 SepWednesday, September 9
+14°

Cloudy · feels like +12°

Low / high
+8°…+16°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
8 mph WNW
Cloud cover
96%
Humidity
67%
Pressure
1022 hPa
00:00+11°—13 mphnorthwest wind, 13 mph86%0%
01:00+11°—13 mphnorthwest wind, 13 mph88%0%
02:00+10°—12 mphnorthwest wind, 12 mph88%0%
03:00+10°—12 mphnorthwest wind, 12 mph86%0%
04:00+9°—11 mphnorthwest wind, 11 mph85%0%
05:00+9°—11 mphnorthwest wind, 11 mph85%0%
06:00+8°—11 mphnorthwest wind, 11 mph85%0%
07:00+8°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph85%0%
08:00+9°—10 mphwest wind, 10 mph84%26%
09:00+11°—9 mphwest wind, 9 mph82%61%
10:00+12°—9 mphwest wind, 9 mph79%88%
11:00+13°—8 mphwest wind, 8 mph74%96%
12:00+14°—8 mphnorthwest wind, 8 mph67%96%
13:00+15°—7 mphnorthwest wind, 7 mph62%95%
14:00+16°—7 mphnorthwest wind, 7 mph59%96%
15:00+16°—7 mphnorthwest wind, 7 mph57%97%
16:00+16°—7 mphwest wind, 7 mph57%98%
17:00+16°—7 mphwest wind, 7 mph59%98%
18:00+15°—7 mphwest wind, 7 mph62%98%
19:00+14°—7 mphwest wind, 7 mph66%98%
20:00+14°—6 mphwest wind, 6 mph72%99%
21:00+13°—5 mphwest wind, 5 mph80%99%
22:00+13°—4 mphwest wind, 4 mph85%100%
23:00+12°—4 mphwest wind, 4 mph86%100%
+16°+12°+8°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Wednesday, September 9
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:47
Sunset
19:55
Day length
13 h 8 min
Sunshine hours
8 h 26 min
UV index
2
low
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
04:18
Moonset
19:17

The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.

Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

Solunar feeding periods

+12% in the windowWednesday, September 9
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Minor03:48–04:48Moonrise
  • Major10:59–12:59Moon overhead
  • Minor18:47–19:47Moonset

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?

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