FISHING FUN FACTS

How to Estimate the Weight of Your Fish:

 

Measure your fish from the tip of its nose

to the tip of its tail for the length.

 

Measure around the thickest part of the

midsection for the girth.

 

Formula for fat bodied fish like bass, salmon, etc.

is length x girth x girth divided by 800.

 

For slender fish like trout or northern pike is

length x girth x girth divided by 900.

 

So a 30” Northern w/ a 15” girth is approx. 7.5lbs

 

The fish should be biting when the wind is from the west rather than the north or east but not too windy. Also, the better times are shortly after sunrise and shortly before sunset.

Have you tried fishing when the moon is between new and full?

Try these days on for size in 2011

Jan. 4^th – 9^th

Feb.2^nd -18^th

March 4^th -19^th

April 3^rd-17^th

May 3^rd-17^th

June 1^st-15^th

July 30^th thru Aug 13^th

Aug 28^th thru Sept 12^th

Sept 27^th thru Oct 11^th

Oct 26^th thru Nov 10^th

Nov 25^th thru Dec 10^th

Dec 24^th -31^st

Source: The Old Farmer’s Almanac

Remember, a bad day fishing is still a good day!