Maine — bite forecast

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Bite season by month for the species of Maine
Fish	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Black crappie	active	active	peak	peak	active	active	fair	fair	active	active	active	active
Lake trout	peak	peak	peak	active	active	fair	slow	slow	active	peak	active	peak
Striped bass	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	active	active	active	peak	active	fair
Whitefish	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	active	active	peak	peak	active	slow
Atlantic salmon	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	active	active	active	active	slow	slow
Brook trout	slow	slow	slow	active	peak	peak	active	active	peak	peak	fair	slow
Pike	fair	fair	fair	fair	fair	active	active	active	peak	peak	peak	active
Rainbow trout	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	active	active	active	active	slow	slow
Brown trout	slow	slow	slow	active	peak	peak	peak	active	active	fair	slow	slow
Flounder	slow	slow	slow	fair	active	active	active	active	peak	peak	fair	slow
Smallmouth bass	slow	slow	slow	fair	active	active	active	active	peak	active	fair	slow
Walleye	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	active	active	active	peak	peak	fair	slow
Yellow perch	slow	slow	slow	fair	active	active	active	active	peak	peak	fair	slow
Largemouth bass	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	peak	peak	peak	peak	fair	fair	slow
Bluegill	slow	slow	slow	slow	fair	active	peak	peak	active	slow	slow	slow
Carp	slow	slow	slow	slow	fair	peak	peak	peak	active	slow	slow	slow

Bite calendar

19–Oct 25

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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow

Based on:weatherseasonal

What is a bite calendar?

Bite on rivers

20 OctTuesday, October 20

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

How this forecast is calculated

20 OctTuesday, October 20

+48°

Partly cloudy · feels like +41°

Low / high

+33°…+50°

Precipitation

0.00 in

Wind

11 mph N

Cloud cover

22%

Humidity

61%

Pressure

30.32 inHg

00:00+45°—4 mph60%0%

01:00+44°—7 mph64%100%

02:00+43°—7 mph74%100%

03:00+42°—6 mph79%100%

04:00+42°—7 mph84%4%

05:00+42°—8 mph88%38%

06:00+41°—7 mph90%100%

07:00+40°—6 mph91%100%

08:00+41°—7 mph92%100%

09:00+43°—9 mph87%7%

10:00+46°—10 mph78%6%

11:00+47°—11 mph65%3%

12:00+48°—11 mph61%22%

13:00+49°—12 mph61%100%

14:00+50°—11 mph62%100%

15:00+50°—13 mph61%100%

16:00+49°—13 mph60%3%

17:00+46°—11 mph62%23%

18:00+43°—8 mph69%50%

19:00+40°—7 mph76%8%

20:00+38°—6 mph82%4%

21:00+36°—5 mph88%0%

22:00+35°—5 mph92%0%

23:00+33°—5 mph96%5%

Sun and moon

Tuesday, October 20

DaylightMoon above the horizon

Sunrise

07:01

Sunset

17:45

Day length

10 h 44 min

Sunshine hours

10 h 3 min

UV index

moderate

Moon

Waxing gibbous

Moonrise

15:20

Moonset

00:32

The day is 3 min shorter than yesterday.

Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7

Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.

Solunar feeding periods

+17% in the windowTuesday, October 20

Major periodsMinor periods

Minor00:02–01:02Moonset
Major07:03–09:03Moon underfoot
Minor14:50–15:50Moonrise
Major19:25–21:25Moon overhead

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?

Maine — bite forecast

Help us make this forecast better

Maine — bite forecast

Bite calendar

Bite on rivers

Sun and moon

Solunar feeding periods

Best fishing days for the next week

When the fish bite — season by month

Which fish are caught here

Fishing reports

Best fishing days for the next week

Bite calendar

Bite on rivers

Sun and moon

Solunar feeding periods

When the fish bite — season by month

Which fish are caught here

Fishing reports