Best Fishing Days 2. When to Fish This Year. When are the best fishing times See our best fishing days on the Almanacs 2. Got any fishing talesShare below and check out other readers tips The best times to fish are when the fish are naturally most active. The Sun, Moon, tides, and weather all influence fish activity. For example, fish tend to feed more at sunrise and sunset, and also during a full moon when tides are higher than average. Fishing is best during the time between a new moon and a full moon see dates below. Get the best fishing days for 2017, plus tacklebox and bait tips from The Old Farmers Almanac. However, most of us go fishing when we can get the time off, not because it is the best time But there are best times, according to fishing lore Best Fishing Days. January 1  1. 2January 2. February 1. 0February 2. March 1. 2March 2. April 1. 1April 2. Analyzes interdisciplinary environmental data from around the world, providing information on how to build a sustainable society. Website has articles on a broad. Watch Year Of The Fish ' title='Watch Year Of The Fish ' />September 16, 2017 Minnesota Artist Bob Hautman Wins 2017 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. May 1. 0May 2. 5  June 9. June 2. 3  July 9. July 2. 3  August 7. August 2. 1 September 6. September 2. 0  October 5. October 1. 9 November 4. November 1. 8 December 3. December 1. 8 3. For your customized Moon times, see our Moon Phase Calendar. Best Fishing Times. One hour before and one hour after high tides, and one hour before and one hour after low tides. Inland, the times for high tides correspond with the times when the Moon is due south. Low tides are halfway between high tides. During the morning rise after sunup for a spell and the evening rise just before sundown and the hour or so after. When the barometer is steady or on the rise. But even during stormy periods, the fish arent going to give up feeding. The smart fisherman will find just the right bait. When there is a hatch of fliescaddis flies or mayflies, commonly. The fisherman will have to match his fly with the hatching flies or go fishless. When the breeze is from a westerly quarter rather than from the north or east. When the water is still or rippled, rather than during a wind. Tackle Box Checklist. Be prepared See our list of what to put in your fishing tackle box. More Reader SuggestionsThe best way to fish in South Texas with chicken liver is to let it sit a while in the good Texas sun, then sprinkle a little garlic powder and a little chili powder on it. This combination makes the liver pasty and it will stay on your triple or single hook with little to no problem. Wave Twisters Theater Movie here. I do offer a warning, that pow you will feel on your line is going to be one big Texas size catfish, so get ready and have some good Texas fishing fun. Ramiro VelaA really good bait I have found is hot dogs with chicken meat. Cut them in desired pieces and set in the sun to dry up. When they are dried, they will stay on the hook better. You can put them in a bag in the freezer to keep. Brim and catfish will bite this bait. Jean CannonThe best catfish bait are catalpa worms. You can put what you dont use in the freezer with a few catalpa tree leaves. When you are ready to fish again, take them out and they come back to life. Start reeling in the big cats. Joey BrownTo find the big cats, it would help out if you knew the underwater structure of the pond, river or lake. Find DEEP holes with lots of cover as in over hangs. Gravel pits are a great place to fish for cats. Todd HeilThe best catfish bait that I have found fishing for catfish anywhere bar none is shrimp, yeah its a little costly but let me tell ya somethin friend, its worth it. Chuck Hubbard Jr. I am Blackfoot American Native. We live to fish and hunt our meals. A true hint in catfishing is never to use any type of scents Cologne, powders, perfume, etc. Dont handle cigarettes or any type of tobacco products without washing your hands before applying baits, hooks, sinkers, new line, etc. The fish know these things. Tommy BaysThe absolute best way I know to keep your liver on your hook while fishing is Buy 1 or 2 old plastic ice trays. Go ahead and bait your hook the best you can. I use a threading action. Place the hook and liver into the ice tray and let it freeze throughout the night before you go fishing. When you are ready to go fishing, just twist the old ice trays and take the liver cubes and pack them in a bag and put them in a container of ice. Chris PayneIn Kentucky where I live we use bait store crickets and mill worms floated with a bobber. Put three or four crickets and a couple of mill worms on a hook and hold on You have you try different depths until you find the fish. Once you find them you can have a lot of fun catching all sizes. I have caught them from squeakers to 6. Kenny ConleyIm 6. I get. My daddy always told me to watch the cows. If they are up and eating, go fishing. If they are down resting, you might as well stay home. So far this has worked pretty well. Edna JamesThe best bait I have used here in Bradenton, Fla. Catch them late afternoon or at night. Catch them as long as your leg. Good Luck Bill SuggsAs the water in your minnow bucket warms the minnows will slowly die. They need a very cool temperature to survive. Never put ice cubes in with live minnows. The chlorine in the water stays and will kill your bait. Freeze water bottles then gently place them in the bucket. Usually one will be enough. Alec PlummerTry it all, love the outdoors and keep a bait in the water. You wont catch anything if you arent out there Jody Wolf.