TIDE, WEATHER, AND MOON EFFECTS ON NIGHT FISHING Moon Superstitions Demystified Many people are superstitious about moon phase productivity for striper fishing. What I have found looking at my log for the last several years of night fishing is I have no substantial difference in catch rate on a new vs. full moon. I also
Author: Dan Wells
US Army veteran and long time fly fisherman. Over a decade of experience chasing salmon and steelhead in Alaska and Upstate NY. Currently living in Boston Harbor area focused on fly fishing for trophy striped bass. Areas of focus are Boston Harbor and Cape Cod Canal. #flyfishtheditch
Big Bass Under a May Full Moon
It was Cheeky Tournament weekend, and I was excited. Not for the tournament, but for the epic full moon tides the nights during that weekend. Unfortunately, for, me my game is almost exclusively a night bite for bigger bass and Cheeky has an absurdly late start time of 6 am, and so, I appear doomed
Mid-Season Striper Report
Well, this has been a very different season than I had hoped, and it’s very clear that the striper population decline is pretty serious. I have several very competent surf-casting buddies, and our stretch of Massachusetts’s South Shore has been very tough to find fish over 30 inches, let alone fish over 40 inches. I
My Start to the 2019 Striper Season
Well, I decided to try something off the wall this year, and, therefore, I am sticking with fishing fly patterns that are at least 10 inches or longer exclusively all season. All I can say is the only thing it seems to guarantee is fish under 24 inches are not successfully hooked, and you catch