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5.0 out of 5 stars
It Works--Unbelievable--at least for bass in Florida,
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This review is from: Moon Up - Moon Down: Story of the Solunar Theory (Hardcover)
Thirty years ago I asked a dedicated bass fisherman in Ocala,Floida, Dick Heath, a USGS employee,what was the best way to catch large mouth bass. He said "moon up moon down" so fast that I didn't understand what he was saying. After my third question of "what are you saying", he slowly said "moon up---------moon down" and then explained the concept of the "Solanar Tables" by Richard Alden Knight. He then gave me the address for direct mail order. I ordered the book-- for maybe $6.00--and it arrived in a few couple of weeks. A few weeks later(I had not yet read the book even though it was pocket sized and didn't have over twenty or so pages) I was putting away my fishing equipment in my new home on a lake north of Tampa, Florida. I decided to walk down to my lake shore (maybe a hundred feet)and cast a few times with a jitterbug lure on my new Zebco rod and 33 reel. Within 30 minutes I landed a five pound largemouth bass. Maybe two weeks later I read the book and saw that the time was exactly at the time the book showed as a "major feeding period". Just a cooincident I thought, but in the next few weeks I began noticing that I caught bass in the periods indicated in the book, and didn't catch fishin other times. Exactly one year later, in the time shown in the book, I caught a nine pound bass, and this experience continued for the next fourteen years I lived on the lake. When I moved in 1985, I stopped ordering the book. Seven years ago(1992) I moved to Daytona Beach, and tried to find out where I could buy the book. Calls to local bookstores were unsuccessful and none of the local fishing stores or fishing camps knew what I was talking about. They were as blank as I was in 1966 and had no suggestions. Tonight, after coming home from another unsuccessful fishing trip with my nine year old stepson, I logged on to my new computer, went to Alta Vista, searched for "Solanar Tables", and ended up at Amazon--"Moon Up-Moon Down". After more than 30 years of not hearing--or seeing the term-here it was on my screen. And while proceeding to order the book, I came to this opportunity to provide a review. I doubt that any book review has ever been written over thirty years after the book was read. Believe me---IT WORKS!!! And if you want a live testimonial-I will provide it!!! "Give a 'man' a fish, and he eats for a day! Teach him to fish--and he eats for a lifetime". My nine year old has a much longer lifetime ahead than his 61 year old stepfather!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Moon up, Moon Down,
This review is from: Moon Up Moon Down: Story of the Solunar Theory (Hardcover)
I read this book in the early 1970's and it has influenced my fishing to this day-when I follow it. Too often, we just get out fishing, or hunting for that matter, when we can. What I will say is that 99% of the fishing calendars you see today are based on moon up-moon down so it can't be too far off the mark. I have met several excellent muskie fisherman who follow this very closely and their catches are well above average. Are they just good fisherman, sure, but they will also tell you that moon times are a factor in their success.
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