I'm sure this has been discussed plenty of times, but I can't see any recent threads. I'm gutted not to be on the bank tonight with the harvest moon! It's always one I seem to have done well on when I've managed to get out in the past. Last time was two years ago and managed the biggest common in the lake at the time.
Do you think a full moon is better than a new moon? Or do neither bother you enough to care?
Do you think a full moon is better than a new moon? Or do neither bother you enough to care?
I have always preferred a darker sky, and the smaller moon the better.
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Yeah that's interesting as I always used to think this! Until I caught that common and it clouded my judgement. It was a strange night where I almost knew I was going to have a bigun! 😂
Yeah that's interesting as I always used to think this! Until I caught that common and it clouded my judgement. It was a strange night where I almost knew I was going to have a bigun! 😂
I've alway done well 14 days either side of a "Full Moon"
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I have generally noticed that very bright moons seem to kill the activity, but obviously there is always a chance of the odd greedy big one.
Just a couple of memorable observations...
Years ago we had night matches on a local park fishing for some decent tench. I was getting a few, then the moon came around the shadow of the trees on the island and it went dead.
Another time I was on the river fishing for barbel, river conditions spot on but a big bright moon. About midnight the moon dipped below dense far bank trees and I caught about 10 barbel in the next few hours.
And numerous carp blanks 😮💨
I have generally noticed that very bright moons seem to kill the activity, but obviously there is always a chance of the odd greedy big one.
Just a couple of memorable observations...
Years ago we had night matches on a local park fishing for some decent tench. I was getting a few, then the moon came around the shadow of the trees on the island and it went dead.
Another time I was on the river fishing for barbel, river conditions spot on but a big bright moon. About midnight the moon dipped below dense far bank trees and I caught about 10 barbel in the next few hours.
And numerous carp blanks 😮💨
Iv caught a few on the full moon , including my UK PB (common) however for actual sport I don’t believe it is the best conditions
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Agree 100%. I actually hate full moons. The one this week was in the air from before it got dark, right through til about 4am. Don’t mind them so much when there’s decent cloud cover, or when it’s so low in the sky it’s only out for a couple of hours, but the one this week was an all nighter. It’s even worse when it’s a big open water with no tree cover!
Agree 100%. I actually hate full moons. The one this week was in the air from before it got dark, right through til about 4am. Don’t mind them so much when there’s decent cloud cover, or when it’s so low in the sky it’s only out for a couple of hours, but the one this week was an all nighter. It’s even worse when it’s a big open water with no tree cover!
Lovely full moon Friday night, not a snosage though, love a full or a new moon tbh
I’ve fished a certain lake complex in France and kept an eye on the catch reports as best I can now for a good few years.
I’m I00% certain that it’s the week of the new moon that it always fishes well. I don’t think I’m the only person to have noticed this either as those weeks seem to get booked up first 2-3 years ahead. I’ve probably been there 10 or more times and the best 3 weeks I’ve had have been on the new moon in September.
I’m I00% certain that it’s the week of the new moon that it always fishes well. I don’t think I’m the only person to have noticed this either as those weeks seem to get booked up first 2-3 years ahead. I’ve probably been there 10 or more times and the best 3 weeks I’ve had have been on the new moon in September.
I've posted this before, but what the heck.
A friend of mine paid for a whole year's worth of 'when it's best to fish, when it's not a good time to go', a company called Moonstrike I believe?
Anyway when his calendar turned up they, for some unknown reason, sent him the calendars for the previous seven years.
The syndicate we were fishing had a catch log kept in a shed at the lake.
Being a sado I sat there and went through every capture for the previous seven years, checking against the calendars.
The conclusion.
There was absolutely no correlation between captures and the 'best times' or the big commons coming out at their predicted times.
I have never paid any attention to moon phases since then.
Also, people have been saying that big commons get caught on a full moon since the big common in most lakes was a high double.
A friend of mine paid for a whole year's worth of 'when it's best to fish, when it's not a good time to go', a company called Moonstrike I believe?
Anyway when his calendar turned up they, for some unknown reason, sent him the calendars for the previous seven years.
The syndicate we were fishing had a catch log kept in a shed at the lake.
Being a sado I sat there and went through every capture for the previous seven years, checking against the calendars.
The conclusion.
There was absolutely no correlation between captures and the 'best times' or the big commons coming out at their predicted times.
I have never paid any attention to moon phases since then.
Also, people have been saying that big commons get caught on a full moon since the big common in most lakes was a high double.
Love them both but it's not just about the moons, other weather conditions will make a difference as well.
i`ve always been more successful on and around the new moon - often brings a change in weather !
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And full moons tend to be flat calm and clear mostly, which is never that inspiring to me lol
And full moons tend to be flat calm and clear mostly, which is never that inspiring to me lol
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post. It's much the same as the air pressure myth. It has almost become accepted as fact, when there is no scientific research to back it up. Indeed, a carp can swim a few inches high or lower in the water column and experience greater changes in pressure than any weather could cause. For context, every 10 metres of water is equivalent to 1 atm of pressure. A big weather front could increase pressure by 30 millibars, which is approx. 0.0296 atm. What's more realistic (my guess, not fact!) is that with moody weather comes lower light, which may make carp more likely to feed as those conditions are less conducive to being preyed upon by predators.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post. It's much the same as the air pressure myth. It has almost become accepted as fact, when there is no scientific research to back it up. Indeed, a carp can swim a few inches high or lower in the water column and experience greater changes in pressure than any weather could cause. For context, every 10 metres of water is equivalent to 1 atm of pressure. A big weather front could increase pressure by 30 millibars, which is approx. 0.0296 atm. What's more realistic (my guess, not fact!) is that with moody weather comes lower light, which may make carp more likely to feed as those conditions are less conducive to being preyed upon by predators.
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Don't you come on here and start spouting your scientific facts about air pressure. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Don't you come on here and start spouting your scientific facts about air pressure. 😂😂😂😂😂😂