Why they bite when they bite.
Pressure, temperature, light, wind and tide all move the same dial. These are the mechanisms behind the number BiteCast gives you, written so you can check the reasoning yourself.
Barometric Pressure and Fishing: What the Numbers Actually Mean
Falling, steady, rising: what each pressure trend does to a feeding fish, the readings worth knowing in hPa and inHg, and why the trend matters more than the number.
Water Temperature by Species: A Fishing Temperature Chart
Peak feeding temperatures and comfortable ranges for 30 freshwater and saltwater species, in Celsius and Fahrenheit, plus why the trend of the last few days matters as much as today's reading.
The Best Time of Day to Fish, and the Species That Ignore It
Dawn and dusk work for a specific reason, and roughly a third of popular species do not follow the rule. Here is the mechanism, and which fish feed at night, at first light, or in the middle of the day.
Wind and Fishing: Which Bank to Stand On
The old rhyme about wind direction is mostly wrong, but wind itself is one of the strongest things on the water. What chop does to light and oxygen, and why the uncomfortable bank is usually the productive one.
Moon Phase and Solunar Tables: What Holds Up
Solunar theory promises major and minor feeding periods every day. Here is where it came from, the part of it that survives scrutiny, and the moon effect that is real and easy to use.
Fishing After a Cold Front: Why It Goes Quiet and What to Change
Bluebird sky, cold wind, no bites. The post-frontal shutdown is the most reliable bad day in fishing. Here is what causes it and the four adjustments that still produce.
How to Read a Tide Chart for Shore Fishing
Highs, lows, the rule of twelfths and which stage of the tide actually produces. A practical guide to using a tide table if you fish from the beach, rocks, an estuary or a pier.
Lure Colour and Water Clarity: A System That Holds Up
Red disappears in the first few metres, black holds its silhouette everywhere, and chartreuse survives dirty water for a reason. How light behaves underwater, and a colour rule you can apply anywhere.
How to Find Fishing Spots Near You
What separates a spot that produces from a stretch of water with a car park. How to read access, structure and pressure, and where to look before you drive anywhere.
How Fishing Forecasts Work, and What They Can Honestly Tell You
What goes into a fishing score, why two apps disagree about the same lake on the same day, and how to tell a forecast that is modelling something from one that is dressing up a moon table.