Fishing during the New Moon

Click on this picture to see the teeth

Tonight was noted as a good time to fish, the Solunar Scale was giving 5 stars, the weather was warm and balmy.... and the Fishing Trio were out to get some fish.  The venue was to be Cross Coulee Reservoir and we were aiming to be set up and have the lines in the water before 7 PM.

Well I have to say that the Solunar Scale was completely correct because we pulled out 5 fish between us in an hour and a half, three Walleye and 2 Pike.

I was first off the starting blocks with a young Walleye.  He was a feisty little beggar and I had to wear the gloves.  I normally stick the gloves on with Walleye because they can be like handling broken glass.  He almost got me with the spikey dorsal.  Even with the grippy gloves on he managed to wriggle free and fell down a rat hole.  i reached in and grabbed him, pulling him out by his tail before some rodent started taking chunks out of him and released him back into the lake.  This was a clean hook with two of the treble hooks going straight through his lower lip.

John got the next strike with about a 14 inch Pike, this one had tried to swallow the lure but luckily it had not gone in too deep.  Doctor John whipped out the hook with little bother and the fish did not seem too fazed by his capture.

Alfie made the third capture with about the same size Pike and the fish was kind enough to hang around for a little photo shoot.  this again was a clean hook straight through the lip..... nice catch Alfie.

I caught the last 2 fish and they were both about 12 - 14 inch Walleye.  John had some good pictures of straight down the fish's mouth.  Yep I know that sounds a little disgusting but very educational because a Walleye has sharp bits at the end of the gill plates which can cut fingers if you are not carefull... this is why I normally wear the grippy gloves for this fish.  With the razor sharp teeth, spiny dorsal and those sharp edges on the gill plates, sometimes it can be like trying to hold a wriggly piece of broken glass.

My hypothesis is that the Solunar tables work.... or they worked tonight anyway.  If this is something that might interest you then check out our Solunar Tab near the top of this screen... although please bear in mind they are set for the Raymond area so if you are somewhere else in Alberta they might be out by up to 10 minutes.  Bear in mind you can download the table for your own are by following the links on the page.