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County Wicklow: 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 | active | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak |
| Roach | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active |
| Bream | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Pike | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active |
| Rainbow trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| White bream | fair | fair | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | fair |
| Bleak | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Carp | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Rudd | slow | slow | slow | fair | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
| Tench | slow | slow | slow | slow | active | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow |
Art's Lough (County Wicklow) — a popular fishing spot. About 2 ha in area. Nearby towns: Rathdrum, Aughrim and Baltinglass. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Nearest towns and cities
Other nearby places to fish
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 6 of the 7 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.
Art's 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 8 °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 9 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 0°
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.
Art's 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.