Farmers almanac, moons and fishing......
How many of you only fish on the best days according to the moon phase? I have started checking the farmers almanac fishing predictor that gives a "best,good, fair or poor" for each day of the month based on moon phase I believe. I know people that simply won't go on the "poor" days. I have always been of the school of thought that anything could happen anytime. I've killed deer when it's been too windy and caught fish when I wasn't supposed to. A bad day in the woods or on the water beats almost a good day doing anything else to me. So what do you guys check to plan the best fishing day? Or do you?
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I've never paid any attention to things like that. I don't pay any attention to moon phases unless it is near the spawn for Bass, Steelhead, and Salmon. Even then there are so many other factors in which I dictate decisions on before phases.
I fish whenever I get the opportunity. Someone could have told me that I would 100% catch no fish this morning and I would have went fishing just to prove them wrong. This morning was a great one to be on the water though! :) |
I fish by the moon phases...but there are other factors as well..
The spawn faith and confidence cold fronts honestly...I fish all the time..but I fish my hawg lakes { 80 miles away} just prior to the full moon. I won't waste a trip out there any other days..also the 2 days prior of the new moon are good as well. I kept data on this last summer..and it was pretty myuch right on. |
Im glad it was good for someone. Here it was so windy I ended up frustrating myself to the point of a headache. High winds made bobber fishing for bluegill kind of difficult. I had a weighted bobber on 6lb test with Gulp! maggots 2 feet below the bobber. I had 3 rods out and spent all my time getting bobbers out of the bank rocks/weeds. It makes me mad just to think about it. I HATE the wind when I am fishing.....
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I don't beleive it is an absolute..I've taken out a bucket of shiners and caught lot's of bass on the downside of the moon..but most of the time..IMHO the moon phases are right on. I also check the daily feeding times.
Yesterday was a downside of the moon..and Matt and I did not do very well..just a few dinks.We still had fun talking the father and son stuff though.It was a new lake. This subject has been brought up a few times on here before..most on here don't beleive that the moon phases effect fishing.I strongly do. Last summer I kept track of bass I caught at one place..Saddle Creek.. most days i caught 3-4 fish.The 1-3 days prior to the full and new moons I was boating around 15 nice bass. I made the newspaper 3 times last year. May, June and July LOL the times before the full moon. |
I've recently become a little obsessed with the weather effects on fishing. I go out in all weather types and situations but i've recently started to document moon phase and barometric pressure. I will say the moon phases are spot on. Full moon and new moon seems to produce the best amount of action for me. You can probably get 2 or 3 days of a full and new moon. Also barometric pressure seems to be pretty accurate as well. Now if I can just get a moon phase and a raising or falling pressure to coincide it'll be like the perfect storm ha ha.
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I only fish on days that end in Y. :wave:
You know like Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday. I fish the moon to, as long as there is a moon up in the ski I fish. :happy0001: Any time you go fishing you never know what the next cast will bring. :hail::hail::hail::hail: Come on Big Momma. One thing for is sure you won't catch Any fish setting in front of the TV. :busted: |
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