Does the full moon really effect fishing?

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Squirrel said:
The fish may be really screwed up with the eclipse on the 14th. Sq
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I've planned many trips around the new moon in hopes of seeing increased daylight Boil activity over the years. I can't say I've noticed a great change.

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Checking out the eclipse outside of Cedar Canyon August 2017


My one experience with fishing during an eclipse is another matter: After sending the rest of the family home for work and school, my daughter and I extended a family trip to Powell for an extra day to take in the August 21, 2017 eclipse. We were hunting sporadic short boils in the main channel outside of Cedar Canyon, boating an occasional fish. At the onset of the eclipse boils rapidly grew in both frequency and duration. Once the suns dimming became obvious (peaking at about 70% dimming ) the fishing "exploded" and we chased a constant boil which moved from the area outside of Cedar to just outside of the mouth of Knowles. As the eclipse ended and the sun shone unblocked the fishing subsided. I've wondered since if a repeat of the fishing could be counted on in another eclipse.

Since learning of the coming eclipse I've had a trip to Powell on the calendar. I plan to arrive at Bullfrog on the 11th, and am hoping for a repeat of the fishing of August 2017. I'd love to meet and greet any other eclipse Fishing Wordlings!

I'll be in a Blue 20' Lund Fisherman with 200 Suzuki.

Craig Smith
 
Craig Smith said:
I've planned many trips around the new moon in hopes of seeing increased daylight Boil activity over the years. I can't say I've noticed a great change.

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Checking out the eclipse outside of Cedar Canyon August 2017


My one experience with fishing during an eclipse is another matter: After sending the rest of the family home for work and school, my daughter and I extended a family trip to Powell for an extra day to take in the August 21, 2017 eclipse. We were hunting sporadic short boils in the main channel outside of Cedar Canyon, boating an occasional fish. At the onset of the eclipse boils rapidly grew in both frequency and duration. Once the suns dimming became obvious (peaking at about 70% dimming ) the fishing "exploded" and we chased a constant boil which moved from the area outside of Cedar to just outside of the mouth of Knowles. As the eclipse ended and the sun shone unblocked the fishing subsided. I've wondered since if a repeat of the fishing could be counted on in another eclipse.

Since learning of the coming eclipse I've had a trip to Powell on the calendar. I plan to arrive at Bullfrog on the 11th, and am hoping for a repeat of the fishing of August 2017. I'd love to meet and greet any other eclipse Fishing Wordlings!

I'll be in a Blue 20' Lund Fisherman with 200 Suzuki.

Craig Smith
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What an awesome experience fishing during the eclipse! I would love for something like that to happen this time!

My Dad and I will be coming out of Stateline Friday the 13th morning searching for a campsite and some hot striper fishing.

Hoping for a repeat of your trip! 🤞
 
Dennis Jarvis said:
We want to make our yearly fall fishing trip to Lake Powell sometime this month. However the dark of the moon isn't untill early November.
November can get really cold. and I been there when the moon is full and it really effected the fishing. So my question is does the moon really effect the fishing?? or is it me?/ Dennis from Junction
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I think the full moon effects stripper boils as to where they do not boil in the morning as much as they would in a new moon phase. I try and schedule or make a trip during the first new moon in August for striper boils. But that's stripers. If you can predict when stripers will boil for certain, you need to be in Vegas predicting what card will flip next. That being said fall fishing is different and in my opinion is water temperature driven. When the water temperature gets close to 65 degrees, you need to be wetting a line. This goes for every fish I target in Lake Powell. Fall fishing is always better to me than spring fishing. Mostly due to the weather. The weather in the fall is much better with way less storms and wind than in the spring. The fish are bigger in the fall, and there are less people - crowds to contend with. Halloween is usaully a good target date for 65 degree water. Expect to catch lots of fish of all varieties. Thanksgiving is a good time as well. Water is usually 58 to 60 degrees depending on how far north you go. Not as many fish then but larger.
 
RandyAustinFishing said:
Table shows today October 7th will be poor fishing with a peak around 9 am. Can anyone report on today's fishing success
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Hope some one went some where :)
I've been the last two days for Tiger trout, and it was slower than I like, but a guy all ways wants it better, and I am spoiled. I rarely go up with out bringing some smokers or fryers home. We had some fried Tigers an hour ago, and they were right there with Crappie or any of it👍. When I can see the moon in the sky all day, I don't usually feel good about fishing. But like a full moon, I never stay home because of the moon:).
It was slow fishing, and I told my wife when that moon finally goes down they will bite. I'm not BSing, the moon went down, and I caught one over 4 lb, but then it wasn't much better then it had been🤣. But it was the first time in a long time, my wife looked at me like I knew what I was talking about🤣, had her fooled for a little bit any way🤣.
 
Talking about the full moon, it will be interesting to hear the fishing reports next Saturday following the full eclipse of the sun. The moon will start to blank the sun about 8:15am (AZ time) and gradually get dark. There will be about 3 hours of various levels of darkness. That should confuse the regular habits of the fish and shad. Chuck
 
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