| Many anglers wonder when the best times to fish | | | | example, fish will be much more active (and thus |
| is, and over the last twenty five years of fishing | | | | feeding more) during the full moon phase, as |
| I've learned some quick and easy answers to this | | | | opposed to the waxing crescent. You need to do |
| question that I'm going to share with you in this | | | | a little research and learn the simple rule pertaining |
| article. The biggest factor in determining the best | | | | to moon phases and fish activity. |
| times to fish has to do with when fish are | | | | The next thing that needs to be paid attention to |
| feeding. I realize that this sounds incredibly over | | | | is the weather. The weather has just as much of |
| simplistic, but that doesn't make it any less true. | | | | an effect on fish feeding as the moon. More than |
| The best time to fish is when the fish are feeding | | | | "the weather" it's the barometer that needs to be |
| already. If you can be on the water fishing when | | | | paid attention to. As the barometric pressure |
| fish are feeding you are much more apt to get | | | | changes so does a fish's activity level, and thus I |
| bites, it's as simple as that. Let me ask you a | | | | the fish's feeding level. When the barometer |
| question. Have you ever had on of those | | | | changes, so does the weather, which is why I |
| incredible days fishing where it seemed like no | | | | refer to "the weather" as a determinate in the |
| matter what you threw in the water resulted in | | | | best times to fish. |
| fish being caught? Many of us have experienced | | | | In any case, you want to pay attention to what |
| this and obviously when this kind of situation | | | | the barometer (weather) is doing to help you |
| occurs the fish are feeding, and thus it is a good | | | | determine the best times to be on the water. For |
| time to be fishing. | | | | example when the barometer is falling fish will be |
| So, is there a way to know when these kinds of | | | | much more active than when the barometer is |
| situations will occur, rather than just getting lucky? | | | | rising, so this is a good time to be on the water. |
| Well, not with 100% accuracy, but there are | | | | In other words when the barometer is falling the |
| things that can be done to "tip the odds" into | | | | fish are more active, but the weather is usually |
| your favor. The first thing that needs to be paid | | | | getting worse. |
| attention to, when trying to determine that fish | | | | My point to this quick article is that the best times |
| are feeding is the moon. The moon has an | | | | to fish can be predicted with a certain degree of |
| amazing impact on the feeding behavior of fish. | | | | accuracy. Is there still luck involved in fishing? Of |
| Fish will feed or not feed depending on what | | | | course, but learning the simple rules revolving |
| phase the moon is in. Where you aware of this | | | | around the weather and moon will help you tip the |
| fact? | | | | odds into your favor, which is what we as anglers |
| Well, it's most certainly true, and fish spend more | | | | are always looking to do. |
| time feeding during certain moon phases. For | | | | |