07-31-2020, 03:03 AM
A long time ago I use to keep fishing logs, and they taught me a lot. I also compared the Solunar charts to my results. I would have had a better comparison using the old "magic 8 ball". I got older, grew up, and stopped using Solunar charts except for tidal fisheries.
I remember reading a great article, maybe it was "In-Fisherman", maybe "Field and Stream", but it suggested that changes in fresh water due to sun and moon phases had little to do with fishing results; far more impact to fishing was from weather changes, fishing pressure, local power generation, flooding, water releases, etc., etc. The same article did indicate that the tidal impact in the Oceans were clearly an impact. Consider that the tidal impact on Lake Superior is less than 1/4", and that the great lakes are considered Non-Tidal.
I was in my 20's when I read that article, and I believe it more today than I did then. Please be assured that there is no tidal impact, no Solunar impact, to Willard Bay, Strawberry, or Utah Lake.
So, what happens when the charts seem to be correct? I believe it is dumb luck, just like when they seem to be wrong it is dumb bad luck.
Now, give me recent weather conditions, give me water temperatures, give me water clarity, give me local conditions, give me the species, well I just might be able to do OK.
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and to some a Solunar Table, one of the dozen of different ones, based on someones proprietary algorithm, is almost a "scripture". But, for me, it is like reading tea leaves, and I don't do well reading tea leaves either.
I will say this much, Covid-19 has put more pressure on fish this year than 10 fishing tournaments in a row. If you were able to catch fish last year, it may be that the fish you were on have moved, or simply caught out. I have not fished the Berry lately, but I am pretty sure the reported slow down is due to the extreme pressure this year. On the other hand, some have found fish, lots of them, so........
Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
I remember reading a great article, maybe it was "In-Fisherman", maybe "Field and Stream", but it suggested that changes in fresh water due to sun and moon phases had little to do with fishing results; far more impact to fishing was from weather changes, fishing pressure, local power generation, flooding, water releases, etc., etc. The same article did indicate that the tidal impact in the Oceans were clearly an impact. Consider that the tidal impact on Lake Superior is less than 1/4", and that the great lakes are considered Non-Tidal.
I was in my 20's when I read that article, and I believe it more today than I did then. Please be assured that there is no tidal impact, no Solunar impact, to Willard Bay, Strawberry, or Utah Lake.
So, what happens when the charts seem to be correct? I believe it is dumb luck, just like when they seem to be wrong it is dumb bad luck.
Now, give me recent weather conditions, give me water temperatures, give me water clarity, give me local conditions, give me the species, well I just might be able to do OK.
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and to some a Solunar Table, one of the dozen of different ones, based on someones proprietary algorithm, is almost a "scripture". But, for me, it is like reading tea leaves, and I don't do well reading tea leaves either.
I will say this much, Covid-19 has put more pressure on fish this year than 10 fishing tournaments in a row. If you were able to catch fish last year, it may be that the fish you were on have moved, or simply caught out. I have not fished the Berry lately, but I am pretty sure the reported slow down is due to the extreme pressure this year. On the other hand, some have found fish, lots of them, so........
Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.