Know when to fold em

[Flaptail]

The "corn" moon was full last night but even so it was smaller in the sky tyhan normal and the fishing wasn't good until the yellow needle went on also honorable mention to chartreuse.

fifty feet away from the water it was down right chilly and the coyotes were really howling up in the dunes.

Nothing big but many fish. I got the feeling.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

Nothing big but many fish. I got the feeling.

Any tide now its gonna blow...I had some upper teen fish and one about 20# last night, but you can sense the change is upon us...I'm getting giddy...

[MikeToole]

After a very slow July and August the fishing the last six nights has been really good. Not sure where they suddenly came from but cooky cutter fish all between 40-42" have showed up in good numbers in the surf. The full moon hasn't seemed to bother them at all.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by MikeToole

Not sure where they suddenly came from but cooky cutter fish all between 40-42" have showed up in good numbers in the surf.

Same thing is happening down here too. They're getting bigger and more numerous each night.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Same thing is happening down here too. They're getting bigger and more numerous each night.

Know what happened? Bass are phototropic. They move on the angle of the Sun.

While bait, temperature, wind, tide and structure all have a play in the movement, the deciding factor is Sunlight. Less Sunlight and more darkenss trigger a homing response that let's some primal reflex take over and tell the Bass that it's time to head South.