02-20-2006, 09:29 PM
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Have you ever thought about how much the moon has to do with fishing? Here it is past the full moon. I can tell you this, about four or five days before the full moon the fish are just slow to bite. It takes about two or three days after the full moon to get a good bite going. This might not be true everywhere, but from my 45 years of experience here in the Mosquito lagoon, that is the way it has always been.
I have been out at night when the moon was bright and there was no wind. You could see and hear the fish feeding. Think about it, a big Red or a big Trout laying on the bottom looking up at a bait fish on top of the water or just under the surface. The moonlight casting a shadow off of the bait, it's just like daytime on a bright night. It makes it hard fishing around the full moon. This is when the shrimp will start their run to the inlet. There is plenty of food at night around the full moon for the big fish to eat.
Now for the report; It has been a slow bite this week. Feb. 11th thru the 15th. There was plenty of reds the first trip on the 11th but only two keepers. School after school and not one would bite anything. We threw everything we had on the boat at them. Live mullet, cut mullet, cut ladyfish, live shrimp, dead shrimp, gold spoons, berkly gulp, DOA shrimp and still no takers. It was that way all the way up to the 16th with few exceptions and then they started bitting better. This next week will probably be a better week.
The whitting have been bitting good in the surf on shrimp and sand fleas. The sheephead have been bitting good closer to the inlet. A good bait to try on the sheephead is, believe it or not, barnacles. So until next time good fishing to you all and remember a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work!
Captain Neal
Email: captainneal@fishingfrenzy.org
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Have you ever thought about how much the moon has to do with fishing? Here it is past the full moon. I can tell you this, about four or five days before the full moon the fish are just slow to bite. It takes about two or three days after the full moon to get a good bite going. This might not be true everywhere, but from my 45 years of experience here in the Mosquito lagoon, that is the way it has always been.
I have been out at night when the moon was bright and there was no wind. You could see and hear the fish feeding. Think about it, a big Red or a big Trout laying on the bottom looking up at a bait fish on top of the water or just under the surface. The moonlight casting a shadow off of the bait, it's just like daytime on a bright night. It makes it hard fishing around the full moon. This is when the shrimp will start their run to the inlet. There is plenty of food at night around the full moon for the big fish to eat.
Now for the report; It has been a slow bite this week. Feb. 11th thru the 15th. There was plenty of reds the first trip on the 11th but only two keepers. School after school and not one would bite anything. We threw everything we had on the boat at them. Live mullet, cut mullet, cut ladyfish, live shrimp, dead shrimp, gold spoons, berkly gulp, DOA shrimp and still no takers. It was that way all the way up to the 16th with few exceptions and then they started bitting better. This next week will probably be a better week.
The whitting have been bitting good in the surf on shrimp and sand fleas. The sheephead have been bitting good closer to the inlet. A good bait to try on the sheephead is, believe it or not, barnacles. So until next time good fishing to you all and remember a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work!
Captain Neal
Email: captainneal@fishingfrenzy.org
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