Pike fishing at protoka Staryy Irtysh
8 verified Pike catches are linked to protoka Staryy Irtysh. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Pike bite forecast today
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Pike.
Pike bite calendar
Tuesday, September 8
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
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Hourly activity
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Bite activity:highmediumlow
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is rising — activity tends to be more subdued.
Peak bite hours
Best time — 05:00–07:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–20:00 (dusk bite).
Tactics
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Gear
No special gear needed — seasonal clothing will do.
Summary
Worth going — it's a productive day.
Why this forecast
The computed water temperature is around 15 °C — inside the 8–20 °C comfort range for Pike, so baseline activity is high.
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Pike works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 4 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
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September is peak season for Pike here.
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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
8 SepTuesday, September 8
+21°
Partly cloudy · feels like +21°
Low / high
+14°…+23°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
3 m/s SW
Cloud cover
32%
Humidity
59%
Pressure
1015 hPa
Sun and moon
Tuesday, September 8DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
05:18
Sunset
18:56
Day length
13 h 38 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 49 min
UV index
3
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
—
Moonset
18:42
The day is 6 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Solunar feeding periods
+14% in the windowTuesday, September 8Major periodsMinor periods
- Major08:55–10:55Moon overhead
- Minor18:12–19:12Moonset
- Major21:22–23:22Moon underfoot
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?Catches
Recorded 8 catches here. Most commonly caught: Pike. Peak season: year-round.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
What actually worked on this water
PikeBased on 8 verified catchesPeriod: 2019–2024
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
By month
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feb | 4 | 50% |
| Mar | 1 | 13% |
| Sep | 1 | 13% |
| Dec | 2 | 25% |
About protoka Staryy Irtysh
River protoka Staryy Irtysh (Khanty-Mansiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug — Yugra) — a spot well known among anglers. About 14 km long. The town of Ханты-Мансийск is nearby. Species found here: pike. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
