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Galway (County Galway) — a draw for anglers. Nearby: 9 rivers, 23 water bodies and 1 sea area. We forecast the bite not only on rivers and lakes, but at sea as well. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Nearest towns and cities in the region
Wednesday, October 21
Tap any fish to open its full forecast — the hours it bites, what it takes, and where it has been caught.
Clear · feels like +5°
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 fieldunsettled, Kp 4
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?The ranking weighs the regional forecast by water type, catches linked to each water body and distance from the city center.
County Galway: 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 | peak | peak | peak |
| Conger eel | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Thornback ray | 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 |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European sea bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Flounder | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Grey mullet | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active |
| Pollack | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | slow | slow | slow |
| Plaice | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | fair | fair |
| Whiting | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Bleak | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | 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 |