Best time to fish in Cap-Pele

Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (ADT) · New Brunswick, Canada Today, Wed, Oct 28 · ADT

Today's rating Average day 6 out of 10

Best time today 2:20–3:50 pm Also 5:30–7:50 pm

High tides: 2:51 pm and 7:27 pm
Major periods: 1:50–3:50 am and 2:22–4:22 pm
Solunar activity: High
Sun: 7:52 am–6:09 pm

Today, Wednesday, October 28, the best time to fish in Cap-Pele is 2:20 pm to 3:50 pm, with the 2:51 pm high tide and a major period, though with rising pressure. It's an average day (6/10). The best day this week is Thursday, October 29, at 9/10.

Your day in Cap-Pele at a glance

Night Day Tide Major Minor Best windows 1 2:20–3:50 pm2 5:30–7:50 pm

The strip runs from midnight to midnight, local time. Night in gray, daylight in yellow; the blue curve is the tide; below, the solunar periods and the best windows.

Fishing forecast for the next 7 days

Day	Rating	Best times	High tides	Moon
Today	6average day	2:20–3:50 pm5:30–7:50 pm	▲ 2:51 pm ▲ 7:27 pm	Waning gibbous
Thu 29	9great day	3:30–4:30 pm5:30–6:40 pm	▲ 3:35 pm ▲ 8:21 pm	Waning gibbous
Fri 30	9great day	4:30–6:40 pm7:20–8:30 am	▲ 4:15 pm ▲ 9:12 pm	Waning gibbous
Sat 31	7good day	5:20–7:30 pm7:30–8:40 am	▲ 4:54 pm ▲ 10:01 pm	Waning gibbous
Sun 1	7good day	6:10–7:30 pm3:30–5:10 pm	▲ 4:31 pm	Last quarter
Mon 2	7good day	4:20–5:30 pm6:30–7:40 am	▲ 1:50 am ▲ 5:08 pm	Waning crescent
Tue 3	4fair day	6:40–7:40 am4:40–5:30 pm	▲ 2:54 am ▲ 5:43 pm	Waning crescent

Each day's rating comes from the tide, the solunar periods, the light and, when we have the forecast, the weather.

What can you catch in Cap-Pele?

Winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus · fish · 619 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus · fish · 141 records Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Striped bass Morone saxatilis · fish · 30 records Photo: Steven G. Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Atlantic cod Gadus morhua · fish · 20 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD

These are sightings and catches recorded since 1970 (reports from divers and anglers, scientific surveys and museum collections), not a promise that you will catch them. The months come from sightings only, adjusted for how many there are each month; hatched months have too few to tell.

Source: GBIF.org, which also gathers OBIS data. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0, from 1,130 datasets (retrieved October 24, 2026). Where the data comes from

Photos: each species' image on Wikidata (Wikimedia Commons) or, if there isn't one, one from GBIF; only licences that allow this use, each with its author and licence.

Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby

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How we work out the best time

We score every moment of the day, every 10 minutes, with simple rules anglers have used for decades:

Tide: 2 to 3.5 points in the hour before and the hour after each high and low tide. Spring tides (high coefficient) score more, because the water moves faster.
Solunar: 2.5 points in the major periods (moon overhead or underfoot) and 1.5 in the minor ones (moonrise and moonset).
Light: 2 points at dawn and dusk, from first light to the end of the morning golden hour and from the evening golden hour to the end of twilight.
Weather: falling pressure adds 1 point and rising pressure takes 1 away; wind takes points away from force 4 (about 12 mph), up to 5 points in a gale; waves of 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft add half a point (they stir up the water) and from 8.2 ft they take points away (up to 4).
Best windows: the stretches of 40 minutes to 3 hours with the most points, at least an hour apart.
Day's rating out of 10: the best window (up to 5), the moon (up to 2, near new or full moon), the tide coefficient (up to 2) and whether a solunar period lines up with sunrise or sunset (1). Without a tide, we score out of 8 and scale it to 10. Good weather adds up to 1 point and bad weather pulls it down.

Today: best window 4.3 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 0 of 1; the weather multiplies the rating by 0.83.

It's a guide, not a guarantee: fish don't read tide tables. Always check the sea conditions and local fishing rules before you go.

Learn more

Fishing rules in Cap-Pele

Licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons are set by the authorities and change often. We don't copy them here: check the official website before you go.

Questions about fishing in Cap-Pele

What's the best time to fish in Cap-Pele today?

2:20 pm to 3:50 pm, with the 2:51 pm high tide and a major period, though with rising pressure. Also 5:30 pm to 7:50 pm. Today's rating: 6/10 (average day).

What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Cap-Pele?

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm, with a rating of 9/10.

Which day this week is best for fishing in Cap-Pele?

Thursday, October 29, at 9/10. Its best window is 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

What can you catch in Cap-Pele?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 19 mi of Cap-Pele: winter flounder, Atlantic mackerel, striped bass and Atlantic cod. October is one of the months when these are seen most: winter flounder. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.

When are the solunar periods in Cap-Pele today?

Major: 1:50–3:50 am and 2:22–4:22 pm. Minor: 10:46–11:46 am and 6:54–7:54 pm. Solunar activity today: high.

Does the tide affect fishing in Cap-Pele?

Yes. Today high tide is at 2:51 pm and 7:27 pm and low tide at 5:59 am and 5:19 pm, with a tide coefficient of 106 (big spring tides). The hours around each tide change tend to fish best, because moving water carries food.

How is the rating worked out?

From the tide, the solunar periods, the light at dawn and dusk, the moon phase and, when we have the forecast, the pressure, the wind and the waves. Each factor gives a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.

Does it take the weather into account?

Yes. During today's best window: rising pressure (+0.14 inHg in 24 h), light offshore wind (11 mph) and calm sea (1.3 ft waves). Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.

What are the fishing rules in Cap-Pele?

Recreational fishing rules in Cap-Pele (licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons) are set by the authorities: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Region and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. They change often: check the official website before you go.

More about Cap-Pele today

Our own calculation: tide from Shediac Bay (TICON-4), sun and moon with astronomy-engine and, when available, weather and sea from Open-Meteo (ECMWF, NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine, CC BY 4.0). Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data

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