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County Monaghan: 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 |
| Roach | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | active |
| Bream | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | 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 | peak | active | fair | slow | fair | fair |
| Bleak | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | active | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow |
Lagan Lough (County Monaghan) — a popular fishing spot. About 4 ha in area. Nearby towns: Castleblayney, Ballybay and Carrickmacross. 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.
Nearest towns and cities
Other nearby waters
The basin is close to regular: the bank runs smooth and natural cover is scarce, so fish hold to the few anomalies — inflows, drop-offs and weed edges. Smaller than 12 of the 20 waters nearby.
The water is sheltered: there is almost no fetch, so wind stirs it up very little.
Wednesday, October 21
Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Lagan Lough — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 11:00–17:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °C — colder than the 14–26 °C comfort range for Bleak: the fish conserves energy and takes more cautiously.
Bleak feeds by day — between sunrise and sunset; their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 8 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 a slow season for Bleak: the best months fall at another time of year.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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 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?Chum one spot near a drop-off and wait for fish to arrive — don't chase them. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Lagan Lough — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is weak — fish are sluggish. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 11:00–17:00.