Solunar Tables
 

Solunar Tables are different than Solar (sun) or Lunar (moon) charts.  Solunar tables show the best time when creatures (including fish) are more likely to be feeding and the best times to be fishing.  The best one we have found (excluding the one on weather.com site) is at www.usprimetimes.com

Solunar Tables and Graphs for the Week - Higher Forecast Bars mean Better Action

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What is a solunar table/chart:

The solunar theory is a hypothesis that animals and fish move according to the location of the moon in comparison to their bodies.  The theory was laid out in 1926 by John Alden Knight, but was said to be used by hunters and fishermen long before the time it was published.  In May 1926, John Alden Knight put together some fishing folklore and other fishing factors such as the sun and the moon, hence the name Solunar (Sol for sun and Lunar for moon) to form a theory on the patterns of animal movement. Knight compiled a list of factors which control or influence the day-to-day behavior of many fresh water and salt water fish. Each one of the 33 different factors were considered. All but 3 were rejected. The three factors retained were the sun, the moon and the tide.   For salt water fishing, tides have long been known as a factor which control fish behavior. As Knight's research progressed, he found that rather than just tides themselves, the relationship of the moon and sun's positions relative to each other may be the determining factor. In addition to the time of moon up (moonrise) - moon down, his research determined that there were intermediate times of the day that occurred in between the two major periods. From that he establishes that there were major periods (moon up - moon down) and minor periods. Knight published the first Solunar table in 1936. 

 
     
 
 
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