Pike fishing at Vorskla
5 verified Pike catches are linked to Vorskla. 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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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 18:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Tactics
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.
Lures
In clear water, natural colors work best: crankbait or spoon.
Gear
Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly.
Summary
Worth going — it's a productive day.
Why this forecast
The computed water temperature is around 19 °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 4 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
+21°
Partly cloudy · feels like +18°
Low / high
+10°…+23°
Precipitation
0.0 mm
Wind
4 m/s NW
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
41%
Pressure
1021 hPa
Sun and moon
Tuesday, September 8DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:10
Sunset
19:14
Day length
13 h 4 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 26 min
UV index
5
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
02:11
Moonset
18:01
The day is 4 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
- Minor01:41–02:41Moonrise
- Major09:16–11:16Moon overhead
- Minor17:31–18:31Moonset
- Major21:43–23:43Moon 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, Perch, Zander. Peak season: September–October.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
What actually worked on this water
PikeBased on 9 verified catchesPeriod: 2017–2024
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul | 1 | 11% |
| Aug | 1 | 11% |
| Sep | 2 | 22% |
| Oct | 3 | 33% |
| Nov | 1 | 11% |
| Dec | 1 | 11% |
About Vorskla
River Vorskla (Poltavskaya oblast) — a spot well known among anglers. About 246 km long. Nearby towns: Новые Санжары, Кобеляки and Белики. Fish species: pike. 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.
