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Does anybody ever plan their trips according to the moon phases and times based on lunar calendars? Or do you just go when you think it's the right time?
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I go when I can."Hey Hillary, regarding the Benghazi Attack on 9/11-we'll just blame it on that movie, not my total lack of security. By the way, what's so significant about 9/11 anyway-was that a date my buddy Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground blew up a government building?" asked Obama to Hillary. BEAUTIFY AMERICA, RUN OVER A LIBERAL, THEN BACK UP AND SEE IF HE'S DEAD. -
I go when the wife tell me I can go.lolToday is a new day!!Comment
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I go when I want to... but that actually coincides with when the bride tells Me I can........
BeandaddyComment
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I check the tables, but it does not matter much. The best time to go? When I can! Which rarely coincides with any table, other than the dinner table.
MoeWhatever it is,good or bad, God knows! Jeremiah 29:11Comment
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All of the above.Resident Ninja
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Captain Steve Soule' wrote a nice article... here's the link:
Also Capt. Greg Francis wrote one specifically on "Understanding the Tides"
We are West End Anglers, a saltwater tribe!Comment
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fishing the right tide at the right spot is a key to catching more fish.the fishing was good,it was the catching that was bad.
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Bingo!I LIVE IN A SMALL COMMUNITY WITH A LARGE
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Last Saturday was a perfect example of tide movement getting fish to feed. We sat on one shell reef located in 13' of water. I know the fish were here because I have been catching them here all summer. We sat on this spot for 1.5 hours on a slack tide. I told my guys just be patient and it will turn on as the tide starts to move out. About 5 minutes into the outgoing the bite turned on like crazy. We were right on top of a school that flat out refused to eat until there was water movement. Ended up cat Ning 60 to 70 keeper Trout. When the free lines shrimp sat dead in the water they wouldn't eat but as the out going tide started moving the shrimp over the stretch of shell we were fishing it would get hammered. I have caught fish in slack tides before but I always do a lot better with moving water.
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I go whenever but always check the tide...moving tide definitely increases the chances. Case in point. ..Todds Dump...alot of times, this reef won't turn on unless there is water movement. You can sit there and never geta bite when it goes slack....along comes a tanker and a false tide...and bam....the fish start biting!
The Pass this time a year...incoming has been excellent, outgoing okay...slack and it sucks!Don't be a Nancy!
If it smells like fish....you know I've been there!Comment
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its weird i use to think that fish barley bite on a full moon but now i catch all of my big fish 25 and up on a full moonComment
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Your highest tide currents will be on the spring tides a few days after either a full moon or a new moon. So if you want current, those are much better than just after the quarter moons, where neap tides go very slack. Down here by SPI, we can get two high and two low tides, which makes the fishing quite slow during a neap tide.
Offshore it's more a function of moonlight, the full moon. Swordfish will run deeper on a full moon for some reason, much harder to get. Tuna tend to get scattered because they forage so hard at night, and get full as little piglets fast. Some offshore fishermen refuse to fish a full lighted moon for such reasons. I don't think we have a lot of blue water sailors here, but it is very different offshore.
Shrimp are something of an oddity. During hot summer days, shrimp will burrow or hide in the sandy areas - you will see redfish try to dig for them or chase them out of holes. Shrimp come out to feed at night when the sight-feeders cannot see as well. Shrimp feed on plankton and tiny larvae, little boogers we can't see with our eyes. Often plankton will bloom on a full moon - corals, sponges, and jellyfish also do this. This makes for some very good night fishing - not to mention that shrimp are attracted to lights at night.
Beyond that, it's all a mystery to me. Sometimes the moon and spring tides are good ... sometimes the water is ripping so fast there is no bite at all because the bait & fish have been pushed elsewhere.Comment
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