Solunar Theory

[cygnus-x1]

I have heard mention of this many times. This morning I was checking the weather.com for our forecast and believe it or not they were advertising a fishing weather forecast. So of course I looked. In it they had a graph of the solunar cycles. They had a nice explanation of the theory.

Enjoy :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

http://www.weather.com/activities/recreation/outdoors/fishing/fishingarticle.html?from=fishing_forecast

[Digger]

RedDog believed in them. That is good in my book.

[Fishbreath]

Pretty simple really. Major and minor times are based on a number of factors not the least of which are sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and of course full moon tides. Throw in secondary factors such as high and low tides and weather and you have your times!! :D

[jay b]

Dad always said the best time to go fishing is anytime you get the chance. But that stuff does make a difference. By the time you make it location specific it will really hurt your head. ;)

[cygnus-x1]

Well being the geek that I am I have decided that my next pet project will be to create an online engine that will gather the data required and make it available. Yes I know its been done by a few people ... supposedly the main one www.solunar.com http://www.solunar.com
is fairly economical.

But it gives me the chance to learn a few new technologies and solidify some old ones ... the geeks in the audience will know what I mean.

Only problem is when Fishing season starts I won't have the time to complete it :rolleyes: so this may be a multiyear project.

I have also seen that there is no fundamental algorithm for compiling and using the data to produce these fishing indexes.

The weather.com site evidently has a subscription to solunar.com for their data.

It might be fun anyway.

[cygnus-x1]

Pretty simple really. Major and minor times are based on a number of factors not the least of which are sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and of course full moon tides. Throw in secondary factors such as high and low tides and weather and you have your times!! :D

Hey Milt ... if you know of an algorithm shoot it my way ... I may give you credit :p

[cygnus-x1]

Dad always said the best time to go fishing is anytime you get the chance. But that stuff does make a difference. By the time you make it location specific it will really hurt your head. ;)

And your dad is a wise soul! There is no sense to NOT go fishing if you have the time and the will to do it. But it might be nice to chart your success against these values.

Many natural phenomenon are closely linked to the solunar cycles. There are turtles that only lay their eggs on the beach during a certain cycle. MD crabs do the first molting during another cycle (sometime in May I think).

Animals are more closely linked to natural forces than most people think IMHO. I am just curious to see how the data and my experiences match.

[fishhead]

But it gives me the chance to learn a few new technologies and solidify some old ones ... the geeks in the audience will know what I mean

I'm with ya Cyg ... we just need raw data and an algorithm and we can start writing the "cruncher" ... man, ya can tell it's the "off season", eh :eek:

[Fishbreath]

Not sure about an algorithm Doug but after researching the solunar tables on the net and talking with some buddies who use it exclusively, I started to track my fishing and results based on the info provided and interpreted through ESPN's charts. So far, the info is pretty good. I would like to build up my results for this year in a log to track and see.

[cygnus-x1]

Not sure about an algorithm Doug but after researching the solunar tables on the net and talking with some buddies who use it exclusively, I started to track my fishing and results based on the info provided and interpreted through ESPN's charts. So far, the info is pretty good. I would like to build up my results for this year in a log to track and see.

Are ESPN's charts free or pay? I looked at the site (briefly) and did not see anything but one generic chart. If its free could you provide a link?

[Fishbreath]

Try this one. Only problem is you can't advance it to the next month, you have to wait for it and they're late.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/general/news/story?page=g_fea_astro_tables

If you search around the net in NC, you can find a couple of sites that post the next month coming....

[cygnus-x1]

Thanks Milt. If I get to crunch an algorithm I can at least compare it to a few places. At least this one is free.

Now I need to look at the Naval and NOAA sites for the raw data. I would like data I can access programatically but if I have to download and crunch spreadsheets oh well.