Fishing a Bad Moon
A cold front just went through yesterday and the sky was bluebird high behind the front. The wind was knocking along about 20 knots out of the northwest; the air temperature was about 40 degrees;and, the water temperature was about 50.
I should have stayed in bed!
The tidal current was so strong because of the full moon, that the crab trap floats looked like the movie Jaws where those barrels were being pulled under by the shark - water gushing around them and the current pulling them just under the surface. it was rippin'!
I did manage a few pictures for a future magazine article, and I did wring out a pesky live well problem I've been having. But, overall, it was a very cold boat ride. Good thing there were no paying customers! I believe the word would be, "skunked"!
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I was always informed fishing in and on the full moon was suppose to be the greatest fishing days of the month.
Please help me with this.. No wonder I got “slammed-down” on the surf the other night and lost 99% of my surf gear, and almost drowned in the process. PHEW!
Most of what you read are my own personal observations based on over 50 years of saltwater fishing. I too, have read about full moon fishing - but I have never seen a good day. I fish the tides and currents, and full moon tides are killers around me. Not sure where you are, but in general, the farther north along the Atlantic coast you go, the bigger the tides are, and hence the heavier the current. Tides in the Gulf of Mexico are only 1 to 2 feet in some areas even on a full moon!
I’ve never had a good day fishing under a full moon.