The full moon occurs on Sunday at 3:47 a.m., while the lunar perigee happens a day later. Both facts combined create the largest nighttime feeding period of the month and if the daytime weather is ideal, perhaps the largest daytime feeding period of the month. ...more

January 7, 2009

Hopefully you experienced a great Christmas, had the weekend off and did a little fishing on your favorite Highlands County lakes. ...more

January 2, 2009

The New Moon occurred yesterday at 12:22 p.m. and the day before that, the moon was at its furthest point during its 28 day orbit from the earth. What this means for anglers is, the lack of moonlight during the night hinders fish from feeding at their normal rates--as when they do have moonlight to feed by. However, the regular affects the moon causes on fish when the moon's orbit is closer to the earth, is greatly diminished when it is furthest away. ...more

December 28, 2008

The weather conditions have improved, and we should have a warm partially cloudy Christmas with a south to southeast wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. ...more

December 24, 2008

This Christmas week brings anglers a new morning-bite migration, which increases in both intensity and duration each day until the new moon this Saturday. ...more

December 21, 2008

The new moon occurs Thrusday at 4:55 p.m., which means that today should prove to be an excellent day for all types of anglers. ...more

November 26, 2008

The vampire romance "Twilight" drained the box office in its opening weekend, taking in $70.6 million. Catherine Hardwicke's film also enjoyed the biggest opening ever for a female director, blowing away the previous standard of $41.1 million set by Mimi Leder's "Deep Impact" in 1998. ...more

November 23, 2008

We enter the week of this month's new moon, which happens on Thursday at 4:55 p.m. and means good news for the early morning anglers. ...more

November 23, 2008

Starting today and continuing for the next three days, fishing conditions will be very good to excellent according to the lunar cycle influences on aquatic life. ...more

October 26, 2008

Today marks the beginning of a very good early-morning bite, which results from the last-quarter lunar influences that started Tuesday at 11:55 a.m. ...more

October 22, 2008