Fish are more active and feed more during these phases. You can fish all month long and you will find that about a week before and a week after is the best fishing . The only thing is that most people fish when they have time so thats why i think alot of people get skunked . The times inbetween i just fish in the morning or afternoon . And during the winter i fish in the warmest part of the day . I am sure brendan and mr. craine and the pros can better explain it .

Jason,

Great quesion, we could probably make this a seperate topic, so that's what I will do. When it's finished, I will come back to this post and put a link to the new topic.

BC

Here's the post I mentioned above:

Link to new post on Solar-Lunar Tables

So i guess when your useing a lure with trebles and you get a bite you keep reeling and not set the hook like you would when you have a lure with a sigle hook ???

So if you have been throwing a swimbait alot this past year how did it do Nunz ?? Have you tried the hard swimbaits ?? What did you prefer over the 2 ??

I prefer the soft swimbaits. I do throw both though. I even have Lucky Craft hard/soft swimbaits. Thats why I like the new loomis swimbait rod. It is so important to let the rod load up and not set the hook. When I first started throwing the baits I missed 90% of the fish. It is almost like drop shotting. Let that rod load up before taking action.
The soft swimbaits like the Bass Trix are hollow inside. This makes them look so realistic when you are swimming them. I do recommend getting a good glue. They are easily mended with the glue. Without the glue you can go through well over a half dozen swimbaits in one trip. They are not cheap so being able to reuse them is very beneficial.
I have been using the falcon #5 and #6 weighted hook. The weight is molded on the shank of the hook. There are many little tricks I am learning throwing the swimbaits. I still love my jig fishing best of all but am becoming pretty proficient at throwing the swimbaits. I tried over a dozen different style hooks and still falcon has worked the best. The important thing is when rigging a bait like the Bass Trix is to pre punch the nose of the bait so when you rig the hook the eye of the hook comes from under the bait then to the tip of the nose of the bait. With the molded weight on the hook it makes it impossible to thread the hook through the bait (like when Texas rigging). I will be sticking to three main swimbait brands this upcoming season. Bass Trix, Magic Shad and the Hudleson.