Waters · Canada

Ottawa River fishing report

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

A vast, moody river system with a cult muskie following — long deep basins, current necks and weedlines that produced some of Canada's largest measured fish.

Today's report: good (74/100)

Walleye is the most promising species on Ottawa River today. Water temperature is around 6.7°C and barometric pressure is rising.

Best time to fish today

• 07:00–09:00 local time — score 62/100
• 12:00–14:00 local time — score 73/100
• 18:00–20:00 local time — score 71/100

3-day outlook by species

Why this score

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

• season: helping (+1)
• light: helping (+0.95)
• wind: helping (+0.85)
• pressure trend: helping (+0.8)
• precipitation: helping (+0.68)
• river flow: helping (+0.6)

Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:53:16 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy

Wondering how this stacks up against the apps you already know? Cast & Scan vs Fishbrain vs BassForecast — an honest comparison, including where they beat us.

Read before you go

• The best time to fish for bass
• How river flow trend changes the bite
• Barometric pressure and fishing, explained

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• Delaware River (Callicoon) — New York/Pennsylvania, USA (428 km away)