Feeding Windows

[fishermusk]

I am curious about feeding windows for muskies, I will list a few I know of:

minors

majors

moonrise

moonset

moon overhead & underfoot

sunrise

sunset

weather changes,fronts

wind direction changes

Do you have others I missed?

Good Luck,

Dave

[setterguy]

coot migration

[Nick Kuhn]

Other than the unique case of turnover that is a pretty good list. The important thing to know is which impact the fishing most for the particular body of water you are on. I know on one I frequent wind direction is always the most important factor. I've never seen a fish on the calm side of the lake and I've always seen more than 1 fish on the windy side. Of course if I understood those other factors a little better perhaps I'd see more of those fish in my boat and not in the lake.

[fishermusk]

Ain't that the truth, my brother cought a muskie once in fall that leaked out coot feathers.

Good luck,

Dave

[cjac]

After listening to a couple seminars, I'm stealing one from them......pressure!!! Fishing pressure, boat traffic, etc. do have an impact on the feeding windows. When, where, for how long, stuff like that.

Seeing as one of the seminars was done by RK, I'm guessing the new book may speak to this in greater detail.

[Cooter]

The biggest feeding windows are when I'm stuck at work

[Nick Kuhn]

Combining what Cooter and Chris I can say at my cabin Tuesday of a regular workweek is always the best fishing day. Unfortunately I'm at work those days, whereas the neighbor who is retired is out there catching some nice fish. No skis in that water though, although I think they'd survive pretty well in it.

[porterhouse]

 Originally Posted By: fishermuskie

I am curious about feeding windows for muskies, I will list a few I know of:

minors

majors

moonrise

moonset

moon overhead & underfoot

sunrise

sunset

weather changes,fronts

wind direction changes

Do you have others I missed?

Good Luck,

Dave

Nice list!!!!!

Here are a few more I pay attention to

1)Change of light( sun angle, sun behinds clouds, and Sun behind trees.

2)Watching the loons. If the loons are swimming around chasing baitfish.

3)Bugs!! There are times when I'm fishing during the afternoon with no bugs than all of the sudden the bugs come out and the muskies start to move.

Brian

[b1gf1sh1]

are you talking lakes? because i can think of a few more for river ''feeding windows''. i.e. ''window'' being a time of day and/or event your most likely going to get one feeding. but... you first.

[Nick Kuhn]

Porterhouse, bugs is probably related to the panfish coming up for an easy meal, making them an easy meal for other fish. Try a flyrod for gills once, you'll agree that it's the only way to fish them.

[slipperybob]

Metro area, Tuesdays and Thursdays...non holiday weeks.

[Tim_Anderson]

I rely heavily first on local weather, and then on sun and moon phases. I also like to watch fish attitude. It's not always true, but many times, if there's no day bite, there is often a night bite...especially on heavily pressured lakes. If I experience a good day bite, I might fish for awhile after dark, and call it a day. But many lakes are different too. Mille Lacs is notorious for long periods of inactivity, and then a sudden feeding window that lasts an hour or so. If you're on top of your game, you can boat several fish really fast. There's many other lakes that have a sustained bite...either during the day, or at night. A few lakes seem to produce both day and night in the same 24 hours...man, gotta love them.

Of course, the best way I know to hit the feeding window is to fish 24/7. Do that enough, and you're bound to hit those feeding windows!

[b1gf1sh1]

ok. river feeding window keys and explanations it is. major rivers get their water from several sources, some natural others man made. it can be sunny where your at but 50 miles up stream it rained heavily and depending on the grade(slant, altitude, ) that water from tributaries and shore runoff can get to you in hours or a day. when it does it will change level and also speed. shorelines change and that can create eddies that were'nt there before when you launched. it's a good idea to keep your eyes on the shore when you arrive and check it again later for differences like faster eddies or submerged points that were above water before. bugs that are on shore get swept in by the higher water and baitfish go eat em so on and so forth. fish it hard fish it fast. in addition to, but not limited to, there are other ways water changes. sometimes lakes have drains running underground that are opened up by the citys where they are and this creates a very nice food source, not to mention different water, mainly clearer. fish magnets all. darns opening and closeing for power to turbines, locks opening, can mean a window from 5 mins to hours. any flow change in a river can turn the fish on, or sadly, turn them off if your getting them before. personally i pretty much know what the weather predictions are as my job as a highrise window cleaner pretty much means know it or risk injury or worse. kind of a forced habbit if you will. it's a good idea to look at out lying county's weather above where you plan to fish. as far as boilers,,, they need to be found. dams have schedules mostly. a dam opened 30 miles upstrem affects the water where you are eventually. learn to time it. it helps. but those are a few windows. gl