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Damariscotta River (Maine) — a spot well known among anglers. About 33 km long. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Wednesday, October 21
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Damariscotta River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 46 °F — inside the 39–57 °F comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 0.15 inHg over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Atlantic salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
Clear · feels like +40°
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 forecast. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
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?Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
The course is moderately sinuous: pools are scoured at the bends and riffles run between them. The longest river around: all 5 neighbours are shorter.
Maine: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| 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 |
| 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 |
Blue check: this species appears as a catch in reports for this waterbody.
Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Damariscotta River — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is moderate — fish feed in short bursts. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
Biting
Fish in 1 of 1 report · Mostly Largemouth bass
Anglers have logged 1 fishing report here. Most commonly caught: Largemouth bass. Peak season: July.