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Ireland / County Kildare / Atlantic salmon

Atlantic salmon bite in County Kildare

Atlantic salmon lives in County Kildare. Today's bite forecast, a day-by-day and hour-by-hour activity calendar, best time and baits.

Atlantic salmon bite forecast in County Kildare today

Best fishing days for the next week

  1. TuesdaySeptember 8weather-based forecast
    71/100high activity

    Cloudy: 11–19 °C

    Best fishing time: 06:00–09:00

  2. SaturdaySeptember 5weather-based forecast
    62/100high activity

    Partly cloudy: 9–19 °C

    Best fishing time: 06:00–09:00

  3. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Drizzle: 12–18 °C

    Best fishing time: 06:00–09:00

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Atlantic salmon bite calendar

Wednesday, September 2

Aug 31 – Sep 6
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?
Rivers

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 07:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 20:00–22:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

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

Lures

The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: salmon spoon or salmon fly.

Gear

No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do. A thunderstorm is possible — bring a rain jacket, and pack up at the first rumble of thunder.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 16 °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 °C16 °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 dropping 4 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.

Pressure through the day, 4 hPa change
00:00 · 101723:00 · 1013 hPa

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

2 SepWednesday, September 2
+19°

Cloudy · feels like +20°

Low / high
+14°…+21°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
10 mph SW
Cloud cover
97%
Humidity
88%
Pressure
1012 hPa
00:00+15°—8 mphsouth wind, 8 mph88%100%
01:00+15°0.2 mm8 mphsouth wind, 8 mph92%100%
02:00+14°0.6 mm6 mphsouth wind, 6 mph96%100%
03:00+14°2.3 mm6 mphsoutheast wind, 6 mph97%100%
04:00+15°2.0 mm6 mphsouth wind, 6 mph97%100%
05:00+15°2.8 mm8 mphsoutheast wind, 8 mph97%100%
06:00+15°5.6 mm6 mphsoutheast wind, 6 mph97%100%
07:00+16°0.6 mm8 mphsouth wind, 8 mph97%100%
08:00+17°—8 mphsouthwest wind, 8 mph96%96%
09:00+18°—9 mphsouth wind, 9 mph95%89%
10:00+18°—10 mphsouthwest wind, 10 mph91%98%
11:00+19°—9 mphsouthwest wind, 9 mph90%96%
12:00+19°—10 mphsouthwest wind, 10 mph88%97%
13:00+19°0.1 mm6 mphsouthwest wind, 6 mph88%100%
14:00+20°0.4 mm11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph86%97%
15:00+21°0.1 mm13 mphwest wind, 13 mph82%83%
16:00+20°—13 mphwest wind, 13 mph80%84%
17:00+20°—12 mphsouthwest wind, 12 mph76%100%
18:00+20°—11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph72%52%
19:00+20°—9 mphsouthwest wind, 9 mph74%98%
20:00+19°—8 mphsouthwest wind, 8 mph80%100%
21:00+19°—11 mphsouthwest wind, 11 mph83%100%
22:00+19°—12 mphsouthwest wind, 12 mph86%80%
23:00+18°—13 mphsouthwest wind, 13 mph86%100%
+21°+18°+14°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Wednesday, September 2
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
20:14
Day length
13 h 36 min
Sunshine hours
1 h 48 min
UV index
2
low
Moon
Waning gibbous
Moonrise
21:30
Moonset
13:37

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

+13% in the windowWednesday, September 2
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Major04:11–06:11Moon overhead
  • Minor13:07–14:07Moonset
  • Major16:39–18:39Moon underfoot
  • Minor21:00–22:00Moonrise

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?