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In-Fisherman Solunar Best Times to Fish Calendar Explained

What is the difference between an online interactive and a printed best-times-to-fish calendar? Here's the answer.

In-Fisherman's Digital Solunar Calendar

Some anglers on the Finesse News Network said that they were a tad perplexed when they saw that the solunar calendar published in In-Fisherman magazine had different best fishing times than the best fishing times shown on the solunar calendar posted on In-Fisherman's website.

For instance, if anglers from Lawrence, Kansas, consult the best fishing times for Dec. 31, 2013, which are printed on page 63 of the Winter 2013/2014 issue of In-Fisherman, they will see that the best hours will occur from 8:51 a.m. to 10:51 a.m. and 9:23 p.m. to 11:23 p.m. And if these same anglers examine In-Fisherman's website's solunar calendar for Dec. 3 1, 2013, they will notice that the best fishing times occur from 9:11 a.m. to 11:11 a.m. and 9:42 p.m. to 11:42 p.m. In addition to posting the two best fishing times of the day, the online calendar also provides anglers with a minor period or the second-best fishing time of the day; for example, the minor period for Dec. 31, 2013, will occur from 2:42 a.m. to 4:42 a.m. at Lake Shawnee in Topeka, Kansas.

The interactive Solunar Calendar delivers the best fishing times based on location (of the nearest city or zip code) where the anglers who search the website are located. In short, it automatically delivers personalized best times to online users.

If anglers are going on a vacation or fishing a tournament at different locales than their home waterways, they merely have to type in the nearest town or ZIP code to the waterway they will be fishing, and the system will provide the anglers with the exact best fishing times based on the latitude and longitude of the waterways that they will be fishing. For example, if a group of anglers from Lawrence, Kansas, will be vacationing and fishing at Gull Lake, Minnesota, they merely enter at the top of the solunar calendar's web page the ZIP code for Nisswa, Minnesota, which is 56468, or enter Nisswa, MN.

To see how the times change as the latitude and longitude change, an angler can type Lawrence, KS, or 66044 in the space above the calendar, and then type in Gilbertsville, KY, or 42044 in the same space. The best fishing times for fishing Kentucky Lake near Gilbertsville, Kentucky, on Dec. 31, 2013, is from 8:27 a.m. to 10:27 a.m. and from 8:58 p.m. to 10:58 p.m., while at Clinton Lake near Lawrence, Kansas, the best times will occur from 9:11 a.m. to 11:11 a.m. and 9:42 p.m. to 11:42 p.m.




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