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the table, it will give you the hour the 
fish feed each day.” 
"Why?” I asked. 
“Because the fish bite when the moon 
is directly overhead and that is exactly 
six hours before or after it rises or sets.” 
"Now let us work it out for to-day, 
January 3rd. The Almanac says that the 
moon sets at 10.15 P.M. Therefore, we 
subtract six hours, which makes 4.15 
P.M. when the moon is overhead and the 
time the fish should bite.” 
This is known as The Day Moon The- 
ory. 
Again, there is another theory w’hich is 
a variation of the above, and that is that 
fish feed four times in every twenty-four 
hours, viz., at moon rise and moon set 
and when the moon is directly overhead 
and under foot, or, in other words, six 
hours before or after moon set or rise. 
This system is more or less follow'ed by 
fresh-water fishermen, who believe in 
such theories. 
I have tried out the above with more or 
less success, but am not as yet convinced 
that there is much in it from a scientific 
standpoint. Why should not the position 
of the moon, which governs the tidal ac- 
tion, effect the feeding time of fish as well 
as the fact that the wind has to be in the 
right direction, the water rough or 
smooth, clear or muddy, the day dark, 
bright, or stormy, etc., in order to get de- 
sirable fishing. 
There are times when fish bite and for 
some unknown reason, which may be at- 
tributed to the moon’s position, as there 
does not seem to be any other satisfac- 
tory explanation. For instance, I once 
saw a school of channel bass lying on the I 
bottom, as the water was abnormally | 
clear, but they would accept no bait, i 
When the psychological moment arrived » 
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they commenced to stir around and feed, 
and I had no trouble in hooking several. '' 
They acted as if some one had rung the 
dinner bell. | 
I do not remember the date, so I couldj 
not check up with the Almanac. 
Again, this theory seems to be dis-j[ 
proved in surf fishing, as we all know 
that there is no universal tide that is best,'l 
as it changes from season to season andj| 
from place to place, according to the geo- 
graphical formation of the coast. In 
other words, the last of the ebb tide may 
be the best in North Jersey, and the en- 
tire flood the best at points in South Jer- 
sey, yet this proves nothing, as local con- 
ditions, currents, etc., may carry the fish 
off shore or to other localities at their 
feeding time, so you cannot get a bait be- 
fore them in order to prove the theory. 
It seems to me that this can be tried 
out best in lakes and rivers that are not 
affected by oceanic tides. These bodies 
of water are affected by the moon and 
have tides, although so small they are not j 
perceptible to man, yet may be very per- I 
ceptible to the fish that inhabit the water | 
There is still another theory that is fol- ^ 
lowed to no little extent. , 
Advocates of this one will tell you t( 
fish only on the days that are covered b; 
the first of the twelve signs of the Zodiac 
The same being given in all Almanacs 
this first sign is represented by “Aries o 
Ram” and covers the head and face, a 
shown by cut of the Zodiatic chart. 
