Do lunar phases affect offshore bite and offshore shrimping times?

That steel always bites them hard

Anyone?

spring tide = strongest tide and most water movement, occur in full moon and new moon

neap tide = weakest tide, occurs durring half moon

tides are weaker closer to the equator, so in the gulf, we only really have one high tide and one low tide and the change is not very much. As you move away from the equator you get two tides, and they get larger.

Shrimp float around and are carried by the tides rather than swim, so when tides are moving you drag a trawl into it and can cover more water, so shrimpers tend to work when the water is moving, also when you pull against the water your nets open better.

Moving water causes baitfish to work harder to stay in cover. They tire and get washed out of cover so they are easier to prey on, so moving water probably triggers feeding behavior.

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The weather is way more important than the moon. There are only so many fishable days out there, so worrying about whether the moon is right cuts your chances even further. Most of the time there is something out there biting. It's not hard at all to catch red snapper right now.

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This.

There are a metric shite ton of both red and mangrove snapper to be caught right now.

I pull baits when the water is pumping, and fish rigs when the water is slack. There will be shrimp boats out there all the time, finding one that is picking shrimp is the key. When they are throwing all the trash in the water is when you can bust tuna, so look for the trawl boards and nets hanging when you see one, you can see the boards or nets from a longer distance than you can see someone throwing stuff overboard.

Thanks for the help. We are going with a guide.