Pike fishing at Tmaka
5 verified Pike catches are linked to Tmaka. 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
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Rivers
Hourly activity
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Bite activity:highmediumlow
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Peak bite hours
Best time — 05:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Tactics
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Gear
Bring a warm jacket — it's noticeably colder on the water than on shore.
Summary
Worth going — it's a productive day.
Why this forecast
The computed water temperature is around 14 °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 dropping 2 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
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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
+14°
Partly cloudy · feels like +13°
Low / high
+4°…+17°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
1 m/s W
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
60%
Pressure
1019 hPa
Sun and moon
Tuesday, September 8DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
05:57
Sunset
19:18
Day length
13 h 21 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 57 min
UV index
4
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
01:22
Moonset
18:30
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
- Minor00:52–01:52Moonrise
- Major09:12–11:12Moon overhead
- Minor18:00–19:00Moonset
- Major21:39–23:39Moon 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 5 catches here. Most commonly caught: Pike. Peak season: October.
About Tmaka
River Tmaka (Tverskaya oblast) — a spot well known among anglers. About 75 km long. Close by — Тверь and Старица. 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.
