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Choose the place and the species. The index, from 0 to 100, combines weather, sun, moon and tide with each fish's habits. Up to 28 days, with each day's confidence.
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the fishing month at a glance
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Choose how many fishing days. We compare each stretch by its average index, discount days with a warning or closed season, and show the 3 best.
trend for the coming weeks
Line: the middle value of 31 simulations of the American GEFS model. Band: where 8 out of 10 fall. Narrow, firm trend; wide, high uncertainty.
everything about the daisy midshipman
how to recognize it
Elongated toadfish of the family Batrachoididae. Because it buries itself by day, it is seen mostly at night, when it rises from the sand to feed. It occurs from Mexico to Peru, between 4 and 137 m, and reaches 17 cm. Porichthys analis, found only in Mexico, reaches 36 cm, twice as long, and lives deeper: size and range are the best clues for telling them apart in the field.
Also called: peixe-sapo-pérola, sapo margarita, daisy midshipman
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We don't have tips on season, bait or technique for this species yet.
where found
open on the large mapWhere to look: Soft bottoms, where it buries itself by day, from 4 to 137 m deep.
It occurs in the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, in Mexico, to Peru, including the Galápagos, on sand and mud bottoms.
when to fish
best time of day
Nighttime. Mainly nocturnal: it buries itself in sand by day and rises into the water column at night to feed.
rules for the daisy midshipman
Rules change; before keeping or transporting fish, check with the state environmental agency.
We found no species-specific rule beyond the region's general rules.
how much it weighs without taking it out of the water
estimated weight
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how we calculate
Length-weight relationship W = a·Lb (a = 0.00692, b = 3.17; FishBase (relação peso-comprimento bayesiana, estimativa da própria espécie)). It's an average: a fat or lean fish can vary by 10% to 20%.
more about the daisy midshipman
Elongated toadfish of the family Batrachoididae, which lives on soft bottoms, from 4 to 137 m, from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, in Mexico, to Peru, including the Galápagos. It reaches 17 cm standard length. It is mainly nocturnal: it buries itself in sand by day and rises into the water column at night to feed. In late spring and early summer, it migrates to shallow reefs to spawn. It is commercially caught, and its glands are not venomous.
Family: Batrachoididae · predator
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sources and references (2)
Essential profile: size, length-weight, depth, countries and conservation come from FishBase and the cited regulations, and the texts were written from those sources. Season, time of day, sensitivities, technique and baits and lures are not included yet, because we did not find a good source for this species.
- scientific FishBase: Porichthys margaritatus (ficha da espécie)Size, length-weight, depth, habitat, distribution, biology, and IUCN status. Page checked on Oct 13, 2026.
- scientific FishBase: nomes populares de Porichthys margaritatusNames by country and language.
how we calculatewhere each number comes from
The weather comes from three independent global models, cross-checked hour by hour: when they agree, confidence goes up; when they diverge, the band between them shows on the chart. Beyond 16 days, we use the GEFS ensemble of 31 simulations: if 20 of the 31 predict rain, the chance of rain is 65%. Sun and moon are calculated astronomically, with no uncertainty.
The index adds up, weighted for each species: time of day (species curve anchored to real sunrise and sunset), moon (transits, rise and set, phase), pressure (3 h trend and 24 h swing), water temperature (in rivers, estimated from air temperature; at sea, estimated by an ocean model), wind, rain, clouds, tide and the month in the species' cycle.
sources for this lookup
how accurate the forecast is
Accuracy measured in the reference project (4 regions, 93 days, forecast vs. observed): maximum temperature is off by 0.6 °C on average the next day and 1.7 °C at 7 days; rain of 5 mm or more is detected 76% of the time the next day and 57% at 7 days. Detection isn't everything: the false alarm rate isn't published here yet, and 93 days in 4 regions is still a small sample. We now also measure every day, at the app's destinations: