Category: Fishing News

How the moon affects bite times

Recently there was a very well written article in the New Zealand Herald's Fishing section about Best Bite Times or prime fishing times. The author Geoff Thomas explains in a very clear way how the...

Free Marine Charts for New Zealand

If you are living in New Zealand and want to find some new hot spots for your next fishing trip, then you can check out the LINZ - Land Information New Zealand Website. They provide free downloadable...

Snapper everywhere in New Zealands Hauraki Gulf

The Snapper are back! It was difficult to catch some decent snapper during winter and spring. Even early summer didn't turn out to be so productive. New Zealands snapper season had a late start t...

Another site award for Fishingreminder

Great news - Fishingreminder received another fishing web site award today. The Fishing Reporters Master Angler Top Site Award is given for outstanding fishing websites. Award winners show thei...

Humminbird Smart Cast - Fish Finder for Land Based Anglers

As a landbased angler you need to know your fishing spots very well.It is quite essential to know the bottom structure of the area you want to target, to identify spots that might be holding fish.Many...

Ice fishing festival in Korea

Winter Fishing is coming Ice fishing is a very popular activity during the winter months in the northern hemisphere. Korea is known to be a fishing nation and it is no surprise that ice fishin...

Online Tide Clock

Today I'm excited to announce the first version of a new Tide Clock at Fishingreminder. All Tide Pages and the main Tide Prediction Tool now feature Tide Clocks. A Tide clock keeps track of lunar...

How Solunar Tables inspired me to create Fishingreminder

I started experimenting with Solunar Fishing Tables a while back and noticed how my fishing success dramatically increased. But many times I forgot to check my Solunar Calendar re...

The bitter end of a great New Zealand fishing spot

This is the sad story of the end of one of my favorite land based fishing spots near Auckland, NZ.There once was a great fishing wharf not too far away from Auckland.Unfortunately it is no more. It is...

When to go fishing - Review of Rex Hunt's Fishing World

A while ago I bought a copy of the book "Rex Hunt's Fishing World " andI though I'd share my thoughts about it.Rex Hunt is one of Australias most famous fishermen. He became ve...

Age of the Moon

The Moonphase, current Moonage (days since new moon), Moonrise and Moonset are very importantconsiderations for many fishermen before heading out on a fishing trip.Fishing Reminder also uses this info...

Fishing Music

 I never thought that there would be such a thing as pure fishing music.But a recent google search revealed a site specialized in producing and selling just that -  Fishing Music It is...

Review of Moon Up – Moon Down by John Alden Knight, Part 1

I recently purchased John Alden Knight’s Moon Up - Moon Down: The Story of the Solunar Theory and thought it is time to write up a little review.   John Alden Knight is the father o...

A Fishing Old-Timer on the Solunar Theory

Another testimonial of an old fisherman who believes in the Solunar Tables. He has caught a lot of trout during his life and kept track of his catches. After all his experience he found the solunar...

Video explaining the Solunar Theory

In this video Captain Ed talks about the Solunar Theory.    It is a short and fun to watch summary of what the solunar theory is all about.  He explains why it is beneficial for ever...

Full Moon Fishing for Walleye

Here is a video showing how some impressively huge walleye's are beingcaught during a full moon night. Well done! Another good reason not to ignore the moon phases.

The Advantages Of Fishing By Moon Phases

In early times people began to understand how numerous natural events coincide with sun and moon. Especially early fishermen used their knowledge about moon cycles and phases to increase their fishin...

Improved Fishing at Solunar Times

Here is another article I found that talks about how the Solunar Phases and Times effect fish feeding behaviour. Especially the section where Captain Robert McCue is quoted, explaining his experien...

Video on How the Moon affects Fishing

In this awesome video by Doug Hannon, Dough describes how the Moon affects fish feeding activity.  Doug is also know as the Bass Professor and surely knows what he is talking about. He talks sp...

Fish Feeding Times Depend on Moon and Sun

Mike from the Bow River Blog has written an interesting Article about the lunar influence on fish feeding times. He asks questions such as which mooncycle is best and explains his own experiences wit...