While I worked in the
charter boat industry, I heard the same theory about marlin. Many of the
skippers who I heard it from have 20+ years of experience fishing offshore, so
maybe there was something to it. Last weekend I was down fishing the
Rogue in Southern
Oregon. My friend
whom I was staying with said the same thing, in his experience, steelhead
didn�t bite nearly as often during/around the full moon period. I�ve
noticed the same thing myself quite a few times, fishing in various places
such as the Bitterroot in the middle of the night on a full moon, etc. A
number of good friends of mine in New
Zealand do a lot of night
fishing for browns, and they avoid the full moon periods.
I�ve thought a lot
about it, and perhaps it has something to do with the fact that on a full
moon, there is enough light for trout to feed at night. This is
especially true in stillwaters and in the saltwater, as you said Bill.
Brown trout, on the other hand, have more rods in they�re eyes and therefore
can see well in low-light conditions, and seem to feed more actively on the
nights when there is no moon; under cover of full darkness.
Perhaps, during a
full moon, there is enough light for fish to feed at night. Fish, in my
experience, prefer to feed during the times of day that they are less likely
to be eaten by predators, which would be the night in particular. Also,
since many of the fish we chase in these environments are predators, they have
a better chance of ambushing prey at night. Perhaps they get so full on
full moon nights that they don�t feel the need to eat during the day? It
is, after all, a theory.
Ryan
Davey
MSN
GSC
Calling Fly
Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job.
- Paul
Schullery
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2003 11:33
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Subject: lenore lake at the full
moon
Friend of mine
fished Lenore today- a very competent gentlemen who only had one take
all day. He finally conceded to my full moon theory, I.e. not much
fishes very well during the full moon period. I've been watching this
phenomenon for some 15+ years & I don't schedule stillwater or saltwater
trips 2 days before, the day of, & 2 days after the full moon. On
numerous occasions I've been on trips where the fishing was good, then tapered
off & then stopped when we got to the full moon period. The
exception I've experienced is that many lakes fish very well at night during
this period. I have no idea why the fishing usually slows or stops, I've
just seen it happen too many times to doubt
it.
