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While many elements contribute into catching striped bass, seasoned surf fisherman will tell you that fishing "the moons" may make or break a season. If you don't plan your meals around the new and full moons, you're losing out on some of the finest tastes of the year, in my view. Here's why you should pay more attention to moons this season, and how to make the most of them.   What Does "Fishing the Moons" Mean?   When a fisherman says they "fish the moons," what they truly mean is that they are targeting the full and new moon phases. These are the periods when the moon is closest to the sun (new moon) or furthest from the sun (full moon) (which is the full moon). It's simple to predict when the full moon or new moon will occur, and you may do it months ahead of time. There are other internet resources, but I like timeanddate.com. To acquire a correct date, I just pick the closest large city to my house, which is Boston. Many tide ...

  If you want to catch more stripers this season, or capture the fish of a lifetime, the process doesn't begin with your first cast; it begins right now. There's a lot to do now to give you an advantage come spring and summer, from fine-tuning your gear to checking the tides and moon phases. Here are a few pre-season routines that have proven to be beneficial in my chase of stripers in the suds.   1) Establish your striper fishing objectives for the following season.   Every season, I like to set goals for myself. Simple goals might include things like catching more fish or catching a 50-pound striper on a surf plug. They're broad concepts that point me in the correct way. They can, however, be a little wishy-washy, and they don't assist much when I'm attempting to make the minor daily decisions that constitute a successful season. That is why I like to set more defined objectives.   At night, a man holds a huge striped bass.   Setting define...