Moon Phases

fishprince · Jun-22-2009, 10:33 PM

When booking a long range trip, is it advisable to avoid a full moon? I have always tried to stay away from full moons on overnight trips but I imagine on a long range trip they could just fish at night. I hope I'm not over thinking this???

BowBoy · Jun-22-2009, 11:27 PM

couple days b4 or couple days after have worked for me. IMO

PCH · Jun-23-2009, 08:27 AM

4 days before full and 4 days after new. Just rememeber you never really know when the fish will chew.

Redline · Jun-23-2009, 10:01 AM

Watch the moon phase that the fish bite on the best. Once you figure out the prevailing pattern for the season (new-before or after, full -before or after) the season will be over. But, at least you'll know when you should have gone. This works equally well for Blue Fin Tuna and WSB.

obtunaman · Jul-02-2009, 10:01 AM

Fish the new moon and the following 7-10 days.

tpeach · Jul-02-2009, 05:48 PM

Just take a look at the 2009 15 day June Heat trip reports (5-30/6-14) on the Red Rooster III. This trip was all over the full moon (June 7th). No night bite either and epic wahoo fishing and did I mention the Cows, 24 over 200 lbs and 2 over 300 lbs. I was asking the same questions when I found out that the full moon was taking place on this trip. Took the moon info with a grain of salt and had a wonderful first longrange trip. My 2 cows were both caught on the 8th, the day after the official full moon and a limit of wahoo on this trip also.

My other experiences fishing moon phases is the best time that to fish them is any time you can get a bait into the water.

You have to be there when ever they bite and not only that be there and have a bait in the water when they decide they want to bite.