Fishing on a full moon saltwater can be excellent, poor, or completely ordinary depending on where and how you fish. The full moon does change the marine environment, but it does not simply switch fish into feeding mode. The most important difference is tidal. Around both the full moon and new moon, the sun, moon,…
Is it good fishing on a full moon? It certainly can be, but a full moon is not a reliable promise that fish will suddenly become easier to catch. In freshwater, the moon is better treated as one environmental variable rather than a bite switch. Some species show measurable changes in catch rates, movement, or…
Fish jumping but not biting can be more frustrating than fishing water that looks completely dead. You know fish are present, the surface keeps breaking, and yet every cast comes back untouched. The important part is not simply seeing a fish jump. It is working out why the fish came to the surface and whether…
The best barometric pressure for fishing is not one magic number. A pressure trend that accompanies favorable weather changes is usually more useful than whether the barometer happens to read 29.8, 30.0, or 30.2 inches of mercury. Anglers often pay closest attention to falling pressure ahead of an approaching front, because the changing cloud cover,…