Solunar fishing: fish the windows, not the whole day
Solunar theory says fish feed hardest during predictable windows tied to the sun and moon. Here's the practical version you can use on the water tomorrow.
Dawn (major)
The 60–90 minutes around sunrise. Low light + cool water = aggressive feeding.
Dusk (major)
The hour before and after sunset. Second major bite window every day.
Moonrise / moonset (minor)
Shorter 30-minute windows. Strongest around full and new moons.
How FishArchive uses it
Every catch you log automatically records moon phase, moon illumination, sunrise and sunset. Over a season, patterns show up: which lures work on a waxing gibbous, which lakes fire at moonrise, which species care and which don't.
Quick rules of thumb
- Full and new moons produce the strongest tides and biggest bite windows.
- A falling barometer 6–12h before a front is prime time.
- Overcast + solunar major = the day to call in sick.