Time Of Day

[Sparky862]

So bite times and amounts of bite is determined by what they show you at time of day?

Well, what is the point then if I want to go fishing early mornings, which shows little to no bites vs in the afternoon which will give me a bite every 10 seconds?

[[40-1] SturmTurm]

Immersion I guess

[Halfboomer]

Some fish aren't the most active at peak hours. Clear Muskies and Tiger Muskies on St Croix for example... They are most active in the early morning, regardless of what the peak time graph would lead you to believe.

I can't give you a comprehensive list of every fish that is like that, but it's a good thing to watch out for.

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by The Dude:

Some fish aren't the most active at peak hours. Clear Muskies and Tiger Muskies on St Croix for example... They are most active in the early morning, regardless of what the peak time graph would lead you to believe.

I can't give you a comprehensive list of every fish that is like that, but it's a good thing to watch out for.

So if I go with my actual angler knowledge, example.

Catfish like biting at night or early mornings, I go t0 that time regardless of where the Peak Hours are showing me

[Fishing4Trains]

It's all tied in with the weather conditions at the time. So bites will come fastest when they would in similar real time days regardless of the time. Early morning on a cold cloudy day might not be very good in real life, or midday on a hot sunny day ditto. If you don't like the times advance the days until you find one you like.
Don't get obsessed with the bite graph either, I've caught a heck of a lot of uni's on the downward graph.

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by CountVonCarstein:

It's all tied in with the weather conditions at the time. So bites will come fastest when they would in similar real time days regardless of the time. Early morning on a cold cloudy day might not be very good in real life, or midday on a hot sunny day ditto. If you don't like the times advance the days until you find one you like.
Don't get obsessed with the bite graph either, I've caught a heck of a lot of uni's on the downward graph.

It is not that I am obsessed with it, just that it shows peak hours. So you spawn in, FFWD to peak time, and catch fish.

Instead of just spawning in and using general knowledge to catch some fish.

But as you said, you caught tons of fish in downward graph...so not sure what the point of peak hour still is then showing peak bites when it doesn't really matter?

[Fishing4Trains]

I used to think that peak hour gave you the best chance of big fish, and it does to a certain extent - you get a bigger average size, but you can still catch very big fish well off the peak too. Best is to fish the peak and either side of it about halfway down. When it's at the bottom it's really slow for everything in my experience.
If when you spawn in and the graph is rock bottom, it's meant to mean that it's either too hot or too cold for the fish to bite, generally as you spawn in at 5 am it's because it's cold and wet.

[Sparky862]

Originally posted by CountVonCarstein:

I used to think that peak hour gave you the best chance of big fish, and it does to a certain extent - you get a bigger average size, but you can still catch very big fish well off the peak too. Best is to fish the peak and either side of it about halfway down. When it's at the bottom it's really slow for everything in my experience.
If when you spawn in and the graph is rock bottom, it's meant to mean that it's either too hot or too cold for the fish to bite, generally as you spawn in at 5 am it's because it's cold and wet.

Okay, this is good to know. Thank you for the extensive explanation.