Solunar Charts...good stuff or hocus pocus?

[Full_Monte]

I've been looking at the following charts and find them useless for predicting good fishing.

http://www.solunarforecast.com/solunarcalendar.aspx

I'm wondering if they all predict the same, or if there are some charts that do a good job of it. Thanks!

 

[SilverBullets]

I used to go by a solunar chart the first few years I got into koke fishing. The chart came from a fishing magazine here in the NorthWest. There were a few times when it was dead on, but for the most part that wasn't the case. I never had much faith to try any other charts out.
After fishing for kokes in the same lake for the past 8 or 9 years I've seen definate bite times which change every few years. Some years it pays to get up at the crack of dawn, other years you may as well stay in bed until 10 in the morning. laugh hyst
This may sound strange, but it seems as though the mornings we see multiple deer on the drive up to the lake are usually good days to be fishing..must be a barametric thing or something?

 

[SmokeOnTheWater]

Lower barometric pressure on the fall always seems to encourage longer feeding periods primarily so the wildlife can hunker down and ride the storm out. Give me an overcast day and falling barometer and there's no better place to be than on the water. As far as the solunar tables are concerned, there's a guy at work that plans his fall trips to the lake primarily on these tables and he does VERY WELL! It's been my experience that a rising barometer after the storm delivers a slow bite until the pressure stabilizes, then the bite picks up again. I'll still go for the cloudy days and falling barometer but get off the lake when the wind starts to blow.

 

[Torres]

I'm not too particular on it's effects on freshwater, but I think that solunar tables would have a definite effect in the salt (in relation to our local tides) when it comes to optimum ebb and flow times during the course of a month.

Good question!

 

[trollmonkey]

I go when time allows and prefer cloudy,rainy( or at least rain forecasted).Wet weather keeps lots of folks home so he lake isn't crowded.I don't have good sense and fish in in the rain but I pack it in when it comes to lightning and heavy wind.I agree with Silver Bullets when I see lots of deer or turkey on the way to the lake thefishing is usually good.

 

[MMDON]

I'm a huge believer. I track every trip out and chart solunar on a scale of one to one hundred, water temps, barometric pressure, wind, overcast conditions, depth, color, water color, lure speed. All of these things can make you a better fisherman if you study what you see over a few or more years time.

 

[Full_Monte]

I'm a huge believer. I track every trip out and chart solunar on a scale of one to one hundred, water temps, barometric pressure, wind, overcast conditions, depth, color, water color, lure speed. All of these things can make you a better fisherman if you study what you see over a few or more years time.

OK...what charts are you using? Do you find the solunar charts all the same, or are there differences?

 

[MMDON]

I use Primetimes2.com. Most charts had better be similar as they can't move the moon and sun around by themselves. Primetimes2 just gives you more info than most!

 

[SuperD]

My view is that the solunar charts are just a baseline and subject to outside influences. i.e., the chart will be more accurate if everything else is in status quo. Add storms and other barometric abnormalities and all bets are off.

 

[Excaliber]

I'm a big Solunar Tables believer but for Kokanee I doubt it's all that important. We slay them in the major, minor or fair downtime periods. Boat traffic and weather especially wind have more to do with it IMHO.

Now for Big Bass I firmly believe in them as most of my biggest bass were caught during peak periods.