Solstice

Dusk or dawn. Major, minor Moon phase. High pressure, low pressure. Full moon or new moon. On and on again. Most fishermen have their own theories of what is the best time to plan a trip to catch trophy trout. I know this is breaking all of the trophy trout fishermen’s rules but I will give you one of MY most productive dates year in year out to catch monster trout.

Dusk and dawn are always prime time for trophy trout. So how do you make the prime times of the day work in your best advantage? Take dusk for instance. Hungry trout have been waiting for hours for the perfect time to ambush their dinner. As the sun goes down the bait fish wander away from structures making themselves vulnerable to the predator trout with far superior eyesight. With ever minute trophy trout grow hungry in anticipation for the dinner bell to go off.

Imagine eagerly waiting to place your order at a restaurant in which everything listed on the menu sounds delicious. The longer it takes the waiter to take your order, the hungrier you get. Now if only you can make trophy trout feel the same way. Well, I know of one day out of the year that you can be there when this magical time happens and these megalodons stuff themselves to the gills.

A solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice each year as the sun reaches its highest or lowest excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. The solstices and the equinoxes are connected with the seasons. In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs around June 21 which is the LONGEST day of the year. After the summer solstice, the sun stops getting higher in the sky and the days begin to grow shorter.

Simply fishing at dusk near the summer solstice when days are the longest can be one of the most productive times to fish for trophy trout. With these monster fish growing hungrier during the extra hours of daylight, as dusk approaches so does the feeding frenzy.