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Sea Portmagee Channel (County Kerry) — one of the area's fishing spots. The town of Cahersiveen is nearby. Salt water, not fresh — so this page carries its own marine bite forecast. Here you'll find a bite prediction — when fish are active and which hours give the best chances, adjusted for weather and pressure.
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County Kerry: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballan wrasse | slow | fair | active | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Conger eel | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European sea bass | slow | fair | active | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Thornback ray | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| 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 |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Whiting | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Portmagee Channel — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 11 °C — inside the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic cod works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 3 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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.
October is peak season for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 1.1 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 1.1 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Drizzle · feels like +4°
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?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Portmagee Channel — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–19:00.