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Rhône (Lyon) fishing — live bite forecast

Fast, deep and powerful through the city — Lyon's Rhône is premier European wels water, with catfish holding in the confluence holes where the Saône joins.

Today's bite rating: excellent (87/100)

Wels Catfish is the most promising species on Rhône (Lyon) today. Water temperature is around 28.3°C and barometric pressure is stable.

Best time to fish today

  • 00:0002:00 local time — score 87/100
  • 05:0007:00 local time — score 88/100
  • 08:0010:00 local time — score 72/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesSaturday 4 JulSunday 5 JulMonday 6 Jul
Wels Catfish87excellent90excellent88excellent
Zander73good75good66good
Asp38poor62good61good

Why this score

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

  • water temperature: helping (+1)
  • light: helping (+1)
  • season: helping (+1)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.9)
  • wind: helping (+0.85)
  • pressure trend: helping (+0.8)

Forecast computed Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:15:11 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed several times daily · see our published accuracy

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