Anyone follow the Solunar Tables?

[CommonSense Guy]

I am have been paying attention to these tables and trying to be on the water during peak activity. Maybe it's just a confindence thing but I am a believer. Fished last night and one hour inside the peak time had four follow/blowups on topwater. Caught a 33. This was all within a 10 minute period.

[Random guy]

I live by that chart. I am a strong beliver in solar/lunar tables. How I approach it is the closer sunrise moonset and sunset moonrise are together the better. I believe that it has alot to do with the previos evenings feeding window. I feel that the time between rise and sets is a unique light condition that allows Muskie to feed more efficiently. Baitfish do not have as good of vision in low light conditions compared to the see in the dark Muskie eyes thus allowing for an eaiser ambush. So if a Musky feeds at 9:20 at night odds are that the fish feels no need to feed for 12-24 hours. About the time the belly starts to growl another low light period such as that pitch black dark between sunset and moonrise has occurred allowing for easy feeding; develping a feeding pattern. Of course there is about 942 other variables that can be plugged into that scenerio but I believe it holds a large part of the pattern.

[markkstanley]

Weather dominates everything and sunrise/sunset hours are always good to fish. If you get a major period right around those hours with either stable weather or better with a front approaching you had better get out there. I have found either side of a new moon tends to be better than the full for big fish.

[Muskydanno]

I follow the moon phases pretty religiously, and have had some excellent luck on moonrise and when there is a combination of full or new moon with a some weather coming in. I see the local weather as the primary influence but watch the moon phases and sunrise sunset as a secondary variable.I got my biggest fish in the metro with lightning looming in the west and sunset and moorise coinciding. The boat got another three footer and lost another within a 15 minute time frame of the monster. Last wednesday when a storm went through here locally my buddies nephew was fishing skis and just before the storm hit got a 36 ,40,41 inch northern and a 45 inch ski. All within an hour in one small stretch of shoreline.The windows are usually pretty short on a daily basis but you can get periods of stable weather also during those periods where for a week you need to hang onto your pole or you'll lose it.!!!

[porterhouse]

I follow them but the weather has more of an impact on the fish.

Brian

[Random guy]

Mark, have you ever though about the reason big fish seem to lay low during the full moon? That question has bugged me for some time. The old timers would stay home on the full moon nights just for that reason. I wonder if it rolls back to light conditions and the duration there of? It's just one of the many many questions we are all looking for the answer to.

[markkstanley]

Haven't figured it out but my guess is the full moon puts out just a hair too much light like you were thinking. Also could be the muskies are better able to feed under a full moon so the window is very narrow. On Mille Lacs you want the full moon out and shining in the fall for walleyes so I am a bit baffled why muskies don't seem to like it. I always try to hit the new moon periods for muskies in the fall but have gotten less concerned about full moon.