I live close to the Hudson and have more opportunities than many folks out there to get to the shore and catfish after work. I've been night fishing for a few decades, and for some reason, against all the empirical data and all the narratives, the bite always SUCKS on the full moon! Last night was a full moon (awesome, by the way), solunar was a 96 and peak was about 9:30 pm- midnight, exactly when I was there. Zero cats. Bullhead pecked away all night, but nothing to note. I went Saturday night at the same time of night, solunar was 54, moon was 87%. I caught three cats that evening including 2 about a minute apart, all in the 8 lb range. I've caught cats during every outing this year, except....statistically the best day of the year so far.
Does the full moon bite suck for everyone, or do I live on an ancient burial ground and I'm cursed? It makes no sense. I guess that's why it's fishing and not catching, but jeez, 30 years of no cats on the full moon seems supremely against the odds.