Chub fishing at Msta
8 verified Chub catches are linked to Msta. The forecast below uses this waterbody and current weather data.
Chub bite forecast today
Hourly activity and a seven-day calendar for Chub.
Chub bite calendar
Tuesday, September 8
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
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Hourly activity
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Bite activity:highmediumlow
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Peak bite hours
Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Tactics
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Lures
In clear water, natural colors work best: small crankbait or spinner.
Gear
Bring a warm jacket — it's noticeably colder on the water than on shore.
Summary
An average day — best chances during peak windows.
Why this forecast
The computed water temperature is around 14 °C — inside the 12–24 °C comfort range for Chub, so baseline activity is high.
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Chub works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 5 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
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September is an average month for Chub 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
+14°
Cloudy · feels like +9°
Low / high
+4°…+17°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
2 m/s SSW
Cloud cover
100%
Humidity
1%
Pressure
1016 hPa
Sun and moon
Tuesday, September 8DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:03
Sunset
19:30
Day length
13 h 27 min
Sunshine hours
36 min
UV index
3
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
01:19
Moonset
18:53
The day is 5 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 windowTuesday, September 8Major periodsMinor periods
- Minor00:49–01:49Moonrise
- Major09:24–11:24Moon overhead
- Minor18:23–19:23Moonset
- Major21:51–23:51Moon 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: Chub, Perch, Pike. Peak season: May–November.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
What actually worked on this water
ChubBased on 9 verified catchesPeriod: 2015–2024
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May | 1 | 11% |
| Jun | 4 | 44% |
| Jul | 2 | 22% |
| Sep | 1 | 11% |
| Nov | 1 | 11% |
About Msta
River Msta (Novgorodskaya oblast) — a spot well known among anglers. About 376 km long. Close by — Боровичи, Великий Новгород and Панковка. Species found here: chub. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
