Old Lake CottageBarachois Brook
River · Cape Breton · Nova Scotia · near Cape Breton - Sydney
Today’s fishing score
60out of 100 · 2026-09-14 · Fair
Computed from live weather, water temperature and the species documented here. Sign in to weight it by your own target species and distance.
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This location
- Location verified by our team — missing
- Real, measured waterbody depth — missing
- Real waterbody surface area — missing
- Complete weather data for this date — present
- Conditions (weather, pressure, moon, season)82 · 100% weight
What went into the conditions number
| Sub-factor | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Weather conditions | 76 | 0.25 |
| Barometric pressure | 94 | 0.2 |
| Moon phase | 66 | 0.1 |
| Season | 100 | 0.35 |
| Community activity | 50 | 0.1 |
These weights are the configured ones and are not normalised — they set the relative pull of each sub-factor, not a share of a hundred.
Your own preferences then move the result by ×0.85, within a maximum of ±15%.
Conditions on 2026-09-14
Weather
Night 13°C · Day 19°C
22 km/h wind · 8 mm rain · 80% cloud cover
Pressure falling, -4.6 hPa over 24 h — often the best of it
Forecast
How it has scored
- Good 70+
- Fair 45–69
- Slow under 45
All 8 days as a table
| Date | Score | Rating | Water temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | 60 | Fair | 13.1 °C |
| Sep 15 | 54 | Fair | 13.0 °C |
| Sep 16 | 60 | Fair | 13.2 °C |
| Sep 17 | 60 | Fair | 15.1 °C |
| Sep 18 | 58 | Fair | 15.2 °C |
| Sep 19 | 58 | Fair | 14.8 °C |
| Sep 20 | 57 | Fair | 14.1 °C |
| Sep 21 | 60 | Fair | 13.8 °C |
Species documented here
| Species | Today |
|---|---|
| Brook Trout | 97 |
| Atlantic Salmon | 79 |
| Chain Pickerel | 42 |
| Striped Bass | 42 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 19 |
| Yellow Perch | 0 |
Techniques
- Trolling
- Jigging
- Casting
- Fly fishing
- Ice fishing
- Drift fishing