Best time to fish in Natashquan
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (EDT) · Quebec, Canada Today, Wed, Oct 28 · EDT- High tides
- 12:24 am and 1:08 pm
- Major periods
- 12:40–2:40 am and 1:11–3:11 pm
- Solunar activity
- High
- Sun
- 6:51 am–4:50 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, the best time to fish in Natashquan is 6:20 am to 7:20 am, with the 6:22 am low tide, sunrise, a light onshore breeze and some swell, though with rising pressure. It's a good day (8/10). The best day this week is Thursday, October 29, at 9/10.
Your day in Natashquan at a glance
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 | 8good day | 6:20–7:20 am12:40–1:20 am | ▲ 12:24 am ▲ 1:08 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Thu 29 | 9great day | 2:20–3:00 pm6:20–7:40 am | ▲ 1:04 am ▲ 1:57 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Fri 30 | 6average day | 3:20–5:20 pm7:00–7:40 am | ▲ 1:47 am ▲ 2:50 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sat 31 | 5average day | 4:00–5:20 pm | ▲ 2:37 am ▲ 3:50 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sun 1 | 6average day | 3:00–5:00 pm10:10–11:30 pm | ▲ 2:40 am ▲ 3:59 pm | Last quarter |
| Mon 2 | 5average day | 5:10–6:10 pm5:30–6:40 am | ▲ 4:02 am ▲ 5:14 pm | Waning crescent |
| Tue 3 | 6average day | 5:30–6:40 am5:50–7:20 pm | ▲ 5:35 am ▲ 6:24 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 Natashquan?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Natashquan: Atlantic cod, Atlantic halibut, Atlantic wolffish, haddock and winter flounder. October is one of the months when these are seen most: Atlantic wolffish and haddock.
- Atlantic cod Gadus morhua · fish · 605 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
- JanJ
- FebF
- MarM
- AprA
- MayM
- JunJ
- JulJ
- AugA
- SepS
- OctO
- NovN
- DecD
- Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus · fish · 138 records Photo: Vsevolod Rudyi · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- JanJ
- FebF
- MarM
- AprA
- MayM
- JunJ
- JulJ
- AugA
- SepS
- OctO
- NovN
- DecD
- Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus · fish · 108 records Photo: Citron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- JanJ
- FebF
- MarM
- AprA
- MayM
- JunJ
- JulJ
- AugA
- SepS
- OctO
- NovN
- DecD
- Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus · fish · 86 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
- JanJ
- FebF
- MarM
- AprA
- MayM
- JunJ
- JulJ
- AugA
- SepS
- OctO
- NovN
- DecD
- Winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus · fish · 75 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
- JanJ
- FebF
- MarM
- AprA
- MayM
- JunJ
- JulJ
- AugA
- SepS
- OctO
- NovN
- DecD
- Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus · fish · 19 records Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- JanJ
- FebF
- MarM
- AprA
- MayM
- JunJ
- JulJ
- AugA
- SepS
- OctO
- NovN
- DecD
- Pollock Pollachius virens · fish · 12 records Photo: Tino Strauss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Too few sightings to tell the months
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.
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 3.9 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 1 of 1.
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 Natashquan
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 Natashquan
What's the best time to fish in Natashquan today?
6:20 am to 7:20 am, with the 6:22 am low tide, sunrise, a light onshore breeze and some swell, though with rising pressure. Also 12:40 am to 1:20 am and 1:10 pm to 2:10 pm. Today's rating: 8/10 (good day).
What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Natashquan?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: 2:20 pm to 3:00 pm, with a rating of 9/10.
Which day this week is best for fishing in Natashquan?
Thursday, October 29, at 9/10. Its best window is 2:20 pm to 3:00 pm.
What can you catch in Natashquan?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Natashquan: Atlantic cod, Atlantic halibut, Atlantic wolffish, haddock and winter flounder. October is one of the months when these are seen most: Atlantic wolffish and haddock. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.
When are the solunar periods in Natashquan today?
Major: 12:40–2:40 am and 1:11–3:11 pm. Minor: 9:58–10:58 am and 5:20–6:20 pm. Solunar activity today: high.
Does the tide affect fishing in Natashquan?
Yes. Today high tide is at 12:24 am and 1:08 pm and low tide at 6:22 am and 7:54 pm, with a tide coefficient of 97 (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 (+0.29 inHg in 24 h), light onshore wind (8 mph) and some swell (3.1 ft waves) to stir the water. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.
What are the fishing rules in Natashquan?
Recreational fishing rules in Natashquan (licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons) are set by the authorities: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. They change often: check the official website before you go.
More about Natashquan today
Our own calculation: tide from FES2022 (AVISO/CNES), 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). FES2022 Tide was produced by LEGOS, NOVELTIS and CLS, funded by CNES, and distributed by AVISO (https://doi.org/10.24400/527896/a01-2024.004), AVISO licence (https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/fileadmin/documents/data/License_Aviso.pdf). Modified by TidePlanet: constants interpolated from the nearest model cells offshore; heights above mean sea level.