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111 Comments so far ...
dowilliams62, -- Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010
CCABRAL, Last weekend predictions were correct as usual -- Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010
ssemun, -- Monday, 8 Mar 2010
johan, -- Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010
just want to know when is a good time to fish (translation added by fishingreminder)
johnace, Great site! -- Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010
Thanks and more power to you guys!
Clear skys and Tight lines to all!
John
Rex, St. Jons River (NE Fl.) -- Friday, 26 Feb 2010
Mattfish, Great Website!!!! -- Saturday, 20 Feb 2010
Great fishing and God Bless us all!!!
Mattfish (aka.Fishmaster)
phenex2010, good site -- Friday, 19 Feb 2010
MICHELINE, Been looking for this! -- Thursday, 11 Feb 2010
Thx
PATSY
mary, fishing -- Monday, 8 Feb 2010
jerome, fishing license -- Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010
tight lines..
Simcaz, Auckland Rock Based Fishing -- Monday, 25 Jan 2010
Is there anyone that would like to part with their Rock Fishing spots in the Auckland NZ area?
Thanks
mu-az, Thanks -- Friday, 22 Jan 2010
booeo, fishing -- Thursday, 21 Jan 2010
Mark, holiday -- Saturday, 9 Jan 2010
I'm having a holiday at the moment. Response times to fishingreminder questions and comments might be a bit slow - Please be patient.
I'll try to check messages as often as possible.
Tight lines
Mark
frans, uceng -- Friday, 8 Jan 2010
Jaco Labuschagne, Best Fishing time for Namibia -- Friday, 8 Jan 2010
charman, Like this site -- Monday, 4 Jan 2010
Fishingreminder, Merry Christmas -- Sunday, 27 Dec 2009
And of course tight lines and many fish for the new year!!!
gator930, Happy Holidays! -- Sunday, 27 Dec 2009
anglingsrilanka, Sportfishing Sri Lanka -- Saturday, 19 Dec 2009
anglingsrilanka@gmail.com
jerome, fishing in abu dhabi -- Thursday, 17 Dec 2009
jerome, fising in abu dhabi -- Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009
mamitik, -- Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009
Thanks a lot
mamitik, good place for spearfishing -- Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009
anybody knows where is the good place for spearfishing in UAE?
Thanks!
ehabshahin, new to fishing -- Monday, 14 Dec 2009
- Any good pils to prevent sea sick
- We go fishing in a boat at Ras Al Khaimah- UAE, we use fresh squeed as a bate, we drop our line and catch fish, usually we cach little amount of snapper fish 10-15 fish for 4-5 Hours,is there is any way to improve our catch and catch big fish what way of fishing shall we use as we are all new to fishing.
Yassine Alahyane, Interisting -- Thursday, 10 Dec 2009
I want to thank my friend Ahyaf for giving me such an interesting website it’s really amazing I enjoyed fishing but now I know the best & the suitable time to catch fish.
Special Thanks for all website members for the great help.
Yassine
Ahyaf, Hello -- Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009
Have a nice day.
Ahyaf
Pan, Reminder -- Monday, 7 Dec 2009
David Stewart, BASS FISHING -- Thursday, 26 Nov 2009
Dave
JAKUBICEK, BEST FISHING TIMES AND RATING. -- Saturday, 21 Nov 2009
G1m1k, Excellent site -- Saturday, 21 Nov 2009
Fantastic. I now know next week is a crap time to catch fish(anytime is the right time to go fishing)in and around Brisvegas.
trout killer, locations -- Friday, 20 Nov 2009
Answer:
Click on the My Location Tab and select your location on the map. Times will update automatically.
Cheers Mark
as_sa2003, thanks -- Sunday, 15 Nov 2009
and hope ur accuracy is become 100% in future
and hope the site become an international and the most visted site couse i think this site is one from the most butiful and accurate ( except me hhh )
hope the future is better and wish u good luck
thanks
Mark, weather forecast -- Saturday, 14 Nov 2009
Thanks for your comment. I'm afraid there is not much I can do about the accuracy of the weather forecast. I don't produce the weather forecast, it comes from weatherbug. I've found it quite accurate for most places in the world. But for some locations it might not always produce the best results. The only thing I could think of, is to provide the option to choose from alternative weather providers in the future, such as yahoo weather for example.
Cheers Mark
Ashraf A.kader madkour, forcast -- Saturday, 14 Nov 2009
i think u have to reevaluate ur forcast about the wind speed that is abslutly nt acurate
it was in last friday
and also about the goodness of the day
last thur. day i didnt get a kilogram
me and all the boat
hope u take it serious couse i love reviewing this site specially before every time i go fishing with my friends with my boat
--
i love ur site
many thanks
ashraf madkour
alexandria
egypt
porter11bravo, Website -- Friday, 13 Nov 2009
Thanks Alot
Kevin, Weather radio -- Sunday, 8 Nov 2009
http://www.wunderground.com/wxradio/index.html
Kevin
Miki, -- Friday, 6 Nov 2009
Mark Totzke, re: temperature and print fonts size -- Saturday, 31 Oct 2009
Thanks for your comment. I didn't realize that the temperature converter doesn't work anymore.
Will be fixed right away. I'll check the fonts - had to adjust them so that one month will fit on one page. But I could add an option to increase that maybe.
Cheers Mark
Kevin, Tempertures -- Saturday, 31 Oct 2009
jason watt, good fishing spots -- Friday, 30 Oct 2009
Mark, best fishing times not loading -- Tuesday, 27 Oct 2009
Aubrey Spillers, Fishing data -- Monday, 26 Oct 2009
A slave to the Master, Aubrey Spillers (Pastor)
stephen jack, salmon, sea trout fishing -- Friday, 23 Oct 2009
Mark, re: Fishing in cities -- Friday, 16 Oct 2009
colin, great fishing -- Sunday, 18 Oct 2009
nick stadtmueller, fishing -- Friday, 9 Oct 2009
Ive been having trouble catching fish lately. Ive been trying all my tricks i use for non public lakes. Ive been wondering is there a difference in fishing in a well populated are(seattle) Do the fish do different things if so could u maybe give me a few clues on what is different.
thank you i look forward to hearing back
Mark Totzke, Daylight savings -- Sunday, 4 Oct 2009
Thanks for you comment. You don't have to worry about daylight savings time. All fishing times and tide times at fishing reminder account for daylight savings.
Tight lines
Mark
Andrew, Daylight Savings -- Sunday, 4 Oct 2009
This is a great site, I don't know what you use to get the ratings and major times but when I first saw it I doubted it because it predicted the major time to be at the middle of the day during dead low tide period however when fishing, the fish really started to pick up at that time! Amazing.
Just a question, I live in Adelaide, South Australia. Just wondering we have just entered daylight savings period, does the major and minor time predictions take that into account? Or do I have to add an extra hour onto it such as reading a tide guide?
Regards
Andrew
Richard snider, big fish -- Thursday, 24 Sep 2009
Wayne, Great website -- Monday, 14 Sep 2009
I am a avid saltwater fisherman and I now have all the information I need at one site.
Keep up the good work.
Mark Totzke, re soft plastics -- Tuesday, 8 Sep 2009
capt fowler, plastic baits -- Sunday, 6 Sep 2009
Capt fowler, fishing is there anything else -- Monday, 31 Aug 2009
very cool
Mark, re: fishing report -- Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009
Mark, re: fishing weather -- Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009
The Major and Minor Times tell you at what time of the day you can find the best action for that particular day.
But if other factors such as weather, water temperature, water visibility, etc are not favorable, then this will most likely offset the effects of the Solunar Periods. When the water is too cold or too warm fish tend to be lethargic and inactive even during the predicted feeding periods.
So in short the best fishing times will give you a good indication of when its a good time to be on the water, but you will also need to consider all other factors - especially weather conditions before making your decision of when to go fishing.
Pastor, Fishing report -- Friday, 21 Aug 2009
randy, thanks -- Friday, 21 Aug 2009
John McGregor, Welcome -- Thursday, 20 Aug 2009
Mark, -- Thursday, 20 Aug 2009
According to the Solunar Theory (by John Alden Knight), the major and minor times will apply to any fish. In fact they will even work for any other animals. Many people use Solunar Tables for bird watching and hunting. Animals tend to be more active during these times because their feeding schedule is closely related to the moon cycle - which in return is the basis for the calculation of the best feeding times.
randy, any fish? -- Thursday, 20 Aug 2009
Mark, re: poor day after new moon -- Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009
Thanks for bringing that up. It must be a bug when matching the days. I will fix it as quick as possible. That day should definitely have a good day rating.
update: fixed the issue, day has 3 star rating now as expected.
jason, poor day not adding up -- Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009
thanks alot for a great site
Harry Hocking, -- Monday, 17 Aug 2009
Thanks heaps again Mark
odieman150
Mark, re: Maori Fishing Calendar -- Thursday, 13 Aug 2009
thanks for your feedback. I think there are a few different versions of the maroi fishing calendar out there. I've been using the day ratings from an old fishing book that was written by Bill Hohepa. Thats probably why there are slight differences to the calendar you mentioned. I have written the algorithms that calculate the best fishing times myself.
bredug, Feedback -- Thursday, 13 Aug 2009
I was comparing your daily ratings with the "Rothery's maori fishing calandar" published in a local fishing mag here and the correlation was very close except for the odd few days which contradicted...e.g. New Moon is good on here but only fair on rothery's... sany thoughts as to why this may be? (In no way a critisism, just trying to understand it all).
Did you write the algorithim's yourself?
thanks
Bredug
Mark, Cat Fish -- Sunday, 9 Aug 2009
Trinidad, Polls -- Sunday, 9 Aug 2009
mark, re: moon calendar -- Friday, 7 Aug 2009
The difference between the 30 day fishing forecast and the moon calendar is that the moon calendar shows you what day rating fishing reminder assigns to each day of the moon phase starting with day 1 = new moon. Currently it is using the maori fishing calendar.
On the 30 day forecast those day ratings are matched to the actual days of the current month.
In other words the moon calendar tab serves only as a reference, while the fishing forecast gives you the concrete predictions per date.
Hope that makes sense.
Fab, star rating -- Thursday, 6 Aug 2009
Just wondering why under different tabs ie: moon calendar or 30 day forecast or today's fishing their seems to be different amount of stars for the same day... I'm just wondering if I am reading this wrong ?
Thank you and fantastic site by the way all the info is there " the only thing is if I could suggest something is adding a link for wave buoys or wave heights for that day .... "
Great work keep it up
Nova, i think it works! -- Friday, 31 Jul 2009
i was keen to try out this site's prediction for a decent session, so headed down for a hour fish before work.
I landed 5 bream and 1 flathead all on sp's :)
thanks for the great site i will continue to test out the fishing predictions and hopefully get a better success rate.
cheers
Mark, re: Shawn -- Tuesday, 28 Jul 2009
Shawn, Muskie -- Monday, 27 Jul 2009
Ron, Great Web Site -- Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009
Mark, re: Mansoor -- Sunday, 19 Jul 2009
I'm almost finished with this feature.
Donald, Fish on! -- Sunday, 19 Jul 2009
Owen, Thanks -- Saturday, 18 Jul 2009
Just a quick note to say thanks for making such a great tool available.
Very impressive!
If I could make one suggestion it would be the option to only have reminders sent if the best fishing days fall on certain days (such as weekends)
That way we don't get as depressed when we are at work and it's glassed out on the reef and all other signs are perfect ;-)
mansoor, blackberry app -- Friday, 17 Jul 2009
Thanks
CHRIS, times,tides and rating -- Thursday, 16 Jul 2009
Interesting articles as well.
Keep the site going
Mark, re: New moon date downunder -- Monday, 13 Jul 2009
Fishing Reminder calculates the Moon Phase for each day at midnight, to keep the predictions consistent throughout the day.
That means at 00:00, Wed 22 July the moon illumination is still at 1%.
Therefore the 0% illumination is shown for Thursday instead of Wednesday.
I don't think this is a problem, because all days around new moon have
a similar high day rating - so it won't alter the prediction for best days to go fishing.
But thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will investigate a bit further into this issue.
PS: I'm glad you had such great fishing results - thanks for sharing.
Dean Bennett, New moon date downunder? -- Sunday, 12 Jul 2009
Janaka, Good site -- Sunday, 12 Jul 2009
Many thanks ,
Janaka Wickramasurendra
mancing, -- Tuesday, 7 Jul 2009
I like this site. it helps me to determine best time for fishing
George, -- Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009
just wanted to say thanks for setting up this site. I just found it this week so dont know how accurate the predictions are. I will be heading out this weekend, so will comment on how well the day goes after I get back from the beach.
Cheers
George
mark, Re: Question -- Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009
Thanks for your question.
The best fishing times are calculated area specific - depending on your latitude and longitude, local time and timezone.
Initially your location is auto-detected from your IP address.
You can then always pinpoint your exact location on the map and the times will adjust.
Times are calculated on the server from moonrise/set, sunrise/set, moonphase, tidestatation, etc.
check out this article
There I tried to explain how things work.
Cheers
Mark
John, Information -- Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009
The fishing times for the area, since you could have many diffrent area of the country on here.
thanks
John
Mark, History -- Monday, 22 Jun 2009
At the moment it is not possible to view past dates.
I'm planning to introduce some new features soon.
One of them will be a fishing diary.
This will allow you to log your fishing trips and view relevant information for any date.
Cheers
Mark
PS: Many thanks to everyone for the positive feedback and for using fishingreminder.
simon fitzgerald, previous days info -- Monday, 22 Jun 2009
is there a history function where i can compare my records with what the charts say.
For example i had a crap days fishing on Friday the 19th of June 2009, wondering what your charts said for that day?
cheers
simon
anton doppler, -- Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009
phil smith, top stuff -- Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009
elijah, hey -- Thursday, 11 Jun 2009
MOH ELABASY, good morning -- Thursday, 11 Jun 2009
Mohammad, Nice site -- Wednesday, 3 Jun 2009
I'd like to thank you for the effort, I try to arrange my trips according to site rating, However not yet confirmed with the results as winds affects fishing so much.
Bob Hess, Great Site -- Monday, 1 Jun 2009
MOHAMMED, HI ALL -- Saturday, 30 May 2009
ian, bass -- Monday, 25 May 2009
LeeAnne, Fishing Report -- Sunday, 24 May 2009
Mark, Reminder Settings -- Monday, 18 May 2009
Thanks for reporting this problem.
It was a bug.
I fixed it and you should be able to save your
reminder preferences now.
Cheers
Mark
Nigel, Email reminder -- Monday, 18 May 2009
This looks a great site I am sure it will be of help to lots of anglers.
The only problem I am having is trying to set the email reminder.
I am probably doing something wrong. I am selecting all the check boxes for best times and the good and excellent check boxes for day rating. Then setting the reminder for 2 days and 1 day and clicking save changes but nothing seems to happen.
When I log back in all the settings are defaulted. What am I doing wrong?
Cheers
Nigel.
Mark, Star Ratings -- Sunday, 17 May 2009
Thanks for your comment.
Check out this Article.
I hope that will answer your questions.
Additionally have a look at the Moon Calendar Tab.
It shows you the current ratings that I'm using for each day of the mooncycle.
Those are based on the Maori fishing calendar.
adam, Fishing Reminder -- Sunday, 17 May 2009
Great site! and an original idea. I was just curious as to what the star rating bases its scores on and how the times are generated? What variables are the scores dependent on?
Adam
Mark, Tides -- Saturday, 16 May 2009
Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you like my site.
The Tide predictions on the BBC Site are probably more correct.
I'm using a program called xtide to calculate tides based on harmonic data.
So the tides here are just rough estimates.
I found that they are quiet accurate for most tide stations around the world, but not for all.
Don't rely on the tide times here, but rather take them as rough guidelines to accompany the best times for your location.
Cheers
Mark
simplybob, tide times -- Saturday, 16 May 2009
will try and fish on best times
the tide table for newport gwent wales
your tide table is 40 minutes different to the bbc weather site ? which is more accurate
cheers
simplybob
Mark, Howto Save The Home Postion -- Tuesday, 12 May 2009
If you log in and select your location it will be automatically saved.
And the next time you visit this site, your home position will be selected and shown by default.
Just remember to select the "remember me" checkbox next time you log in.
That way you don't have to type in your details each time you come to this site and you can always quickly see the best times for your location.
Cheers
Mark
Trader2, My Location -- Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Thanks,
JT
Mark, Update -- Sunday, 3 May 2009
The units for your location will be auto-detected by default.
In case the auto-detection fails, you can click on "imperial" or "metric" to choose what you prefer.
Your selection will be remembered the next time you visit this site.
Mark, Temperature -- Sunday, 3 May 2009
I completely forgot that you guys use farenheit over there :-)
I will provide an American Standard as quick as possible.
Cheers and happy fishing.
brian, -- Sunday, 3 May 2009
David Trevino, -- Sunday, 3 May 2009
Mark, Comments -- Saturday, 18 Apr 2009
finally had some time to add comments to this page. Let me know what you think about the program.
I'm keen to hear some feedback from you guys.
Cheers
Mark