Does the moon influence fishing for carp ?
There has been some speculation regarding moon phases, over the last couple of years, some of the l saltwater fisher-folk have gone crazy over the use of solunar tables to calculate prime fishing times. These charts give a rating for various time periods each day. As far as we can tell, the calculations are based on a combination of moon phases and sun/moon rise/set times. Carp-l members have been trying (so far without luck) to get hold of tables and compare them with SAFWAA match records for the same period. There’s a couple of bits of software around that can do the solunar calculations but the ones I’ve found are only suited to North America. There’s plenty of evidence that moon times/phases are important with some saltwater species but I’m unsure as to what degree this would apply to freshwater, given that there is no tidal factor to consider.
