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Waters · Finland

Saimaa fishing report

Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day

Finland's labyrinth of forty thousand islands. Zander own the stained open basins in summer; pike and perch fill every reed bay from ice-out to freeze-up.

Today's report: good (66/100)

Zander is the most promising species on Saimaa today. Water temperature is around 7.4°C and barometric pressure is falling.

Best time to fish today

  • 21:00–23:00 local time — score 65/100
  • 00:00–02:00 local time — score 74/100
  • 03:00–05:00 local time — score 64/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesThursday 8 OctFriday 9 OctSaturday 10 Oct
Northern Pike50 — fair57 — fair47 — fair
Zander66 — good72 — good63 — good
European Perch50 — fair63 — good56 — fair

Why this score

Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Saimaa rating:

  • pressure trend: helping (+1)
  • cloud cover: helping (+1)
  • season: helping (+1)
  • light: helping (+0.95)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.71)
  • river flow: helping (+0.6)

Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:11:45 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy

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