Best time to fish in St-Jean-Port-Joli
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (EDT) · Quebec, Canada Today, Wed, Oct 28 · EDT- High tides
- 6:50 am and 7:04 pm
- Major periods
- 1:15–3:15 am and 1:47–3:47 pm
- Solunar activity
- High
- Sun
- 7:18 am–5:31 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, the best time to fish in St-Jean-Port-Joli is 6:30 pm to 7:10 pm, with the 7:04 pm high tide, moonrise and falling pressure. It's an average day (6/10). The best day this week is Friday, October 30, at 7/10.
Your day in St-Jean-Port-Joli 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 | 6average day | 6:30–7:10 pm6:50–7:50 am | ▲ 6:50 am ▲ 7:04 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Thu 29 | 6average day | 6:50–8:00 am12:50–2:50 am | ▲ 7:32 am ▲ 7:50 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Fri 30 | 7good day | 7:20–8:10 am4:40–6:00 pm | ▲ 8:20 am ▲ 8:41 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sat 31 | 4fair day | 5:00–6:00 pm9:50–10:40 pm | ▲ 9:14 am ▲ 9:38 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sun 1 | 5average day | 3:40–5:00 pm10:10–10:50 pm | ▲ 9:18 am ▲ 9:45 pm | Last quarter |
| Mon 2 | 6average day | 3:40–4:50 pm5:50–7:10 am | ▲ 10:37 am ▲ 11:03 pm | Waning crescent |
| Tue 3 | 6average day | 6:10–6:50 am6:30–7:10 pm | ▲ 12:05 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 St-Jean-Port-Joli?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of St-Jean-Port-Joli: winter flounder, Chinook salmon, striped bass, Atlantic cod and coho salmon.
- Winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus · fish · 56 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
- Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha · fish · 21 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
- Striped bass Morone saxatilis · fish · 8 records Photo: Steven G. Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Atlantic cod Gadus morhua · fish · 7 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
- Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch · fish · 5 records Photo: NOAA · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
There are too few sightings here to tell in which months each species is seen most.
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
Map: OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles · © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Jetty 0.2 mi
- St-Jean_Port-Joli 0.2 mi
- Halte St-Jean Port-Joli (doré, truite) 2.9 mi
- L'Islet 7.3 mi
- Boat ramp 0.2 mi
Within 9.3 mi. A spot may be missing or closed. Open the map on OpenStreetMap · Missing one? Add it to OpenStreetMap
Spots: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps.
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 2.8 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 1.5 of 2 and lineup 0 of 1; the weather adds 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 St-Jean-Port-Joli
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 St-Jean-Port-Joli
What's the best time to fish in St-Jean-Port-Joli today?
6:30 pm to 7:10 pm, with the 7:04 pm high tide, moonrise and falling pressure. Also 6:50 am to 7:50 am and 1:20 am to 2:00 am. Today's rating: 6/10 (average day).
What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in St-Jean-Port-Joli?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: 6:50 am to 8:00 am, with a rating of 6/10.
Which day this week is best for fishing in St-Jean-Port-Joli?
Friday, October 30, at 7/10. Its best window is 7:20 am to 8:10 am.
What can you catch in St-Jean-Port-Joli?
Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of St-Jean-Port-Joli: winter flounder, Chinook salmon, striped bass, Atlantic cod and coho salmon. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.
When are the solunar periods in St-Jean-Port-Joli today?
Major: 1:15–3:15 am and 1:47–3:47 pm. Minor: 10:16–11:16 am and 6:13–7:13 pm. Solunar activity today: high.
Does the tide affect fishing in St-Jean-Port-Joli?
Yes. Today high tide is at 6:50 am and 7:04 pm and low tide at 1:01 am and 1:03 pm, with a tide coefficient of 86 (average 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: falling pressure (−0.15 inHg in 24 h) and light offshore wind (12 mph). Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.
What are the fishing rules in St-Jean-Port-Joli?
Recreational fishing rules in St-Jean-Port-Joli (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 St-Jean-Port-Joli today
Our own calculation: tide from Saint-Jean-Port-Joli (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