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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 5, 2015 at 3:47pm

Just good stuff here:
https://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/outreach/pond/upload/Bluegill-Nesting-N...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 5, 2015 at 3:45pm

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/sunfish/biology.html

Comment by Tony Livingston on March 5, 2015 at 3:34pm

Include me in with the skeptical crowd. I will search for studies later this evening. Lots of long time anglers nodding yes, but little in the way of actual proof that the moon phases are a controlling element.

Comment by Joe Angelucci on March 5, 2015 at 3:32pm

I'm really loving this thread. I feel like I'm at work. My only concern is let's not burn  $1,000,000.00 in resources to solve a $100.00 problem. Theory is great but at the end of the day, what really matters is that what makes the resource sustainable what gets a fish on the hook.

Just a thought or at least a different direction . 

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 5, 2015 at 3:28pm

I'll help David, but still, I'm a tad sceptical on the limited research by one or two groups. We need more synchronous data from various regions, within the same timeline.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/jun/06/bream-fishing-moon-2...

Salt to freshwater migration during peak full moon for salmon (slight correlation)

Australia (brackish water) "freshwater" studies

Comment by Tony Livingston on March 5, 2015 at 3:21pm

I'm a fan of old school, but I also embrace the strides made in modern times. Radium was once prescribed as a cure for arthritis, and inhaling tobacco smoke was thought to help asthma....

Things change, discoveries are made, and perspectives are broadened.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 5, 2015 at 3:17pm

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1...

Who better than pond boss

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 5, 2015 at 3:15pm

http://www.gameandfishmag.com/fishing/fishing_crappies-panfish-fish...

Not a study but at least empirical.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 5, 2015 at 3:12pm

Links? Not immediately....I'm old school.
Got it from books.

But I'm guessing they're there.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 5, 2015 at 3:10pm

And let's admit that most lore, while often lurid, comes from a time when people had nothing else to do.

- It was quieter
- They were less distracted (do not underestimate the power of sheer focus.)
- They were likely more attuned to animals and Natures rhythms
- They weren't total scientific nimrods.

Were only speaking about a century here, after all.

It's highly probable that my "bugs and blossoms" benchmark, while squarely in the realm of lore, is viable for one reason- it's based in what actually HAPPENS, as experienced over decades or more... and not solely on theory.

Somewhere al these lines intersect, you k

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