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MONDAY OCT 5 — 8:00 PM SESSION
Huntington Lake, Huntington Lake, Fresno County, CA | Waning crescent (22%) | Moon in Leo
One-paragraph version
Launch at 8:00 PM into a Mercury hour; the window that matters is 8:18 PM–8:37 PM (dark). Overall 6.9/10 — solid conditions with one clear prime window; be there for it.
The locked numbers
| Launch | 8:00 PM / sunset 6:33 PM / dark ~6:59 PM |
| Moon | Waning crescent, 22% lit, sets 4:01 PM, rises 1:28 AM |
| Air | 57°F at launch / window 56–57°F |
| Water | ~64°F (air-temp lag — small-lake estimate, no gauge within 30 km; warming +6.0°F/wk) |
| Species presence | on our lake list · not yet confirmed by a logged catch |
| Stocking | Trout planted Sep 6 — fresh stockers = shallow forage event |
| Sky/wind | 2% cloud, 7 mph wind, slowly rising barometer (1010 hPa) |
| Forecast | low agreement — GFS/ECMWF/ICON ±8.1°F, ±4.7 mph, cloud uncertain (±65%) |
| Color | At night and deep dusk, color vision is out — go dark silhouette, big profile, and vibration over color. |
| Solunar | → Moon underfoot (major) ~9:18 PM; Moon overhead (major) ~8:47 AM; Moon overhead (major) ~9:44 AM |
| Scores | weather 7/10 · solunar 9/10 · astro 4/10 → overall 6.9/10 |
| Data | sky + weather · GFS/ECMWF/ICON ±8.1°F, ±4.7 mph, cloud uncertain (±65%) (low agreement) · no lake-state inference · water temp estimated (no gauge nearby) · stocking data · logbook (none) · depth map: lake notes only |
Weather layer
- clear sky — fish tight to shade/structure
- 8 mph chop breaks up overhead predators (plus)
- barometer slowly rising (+2.4 hPa/6h)
Almanac layer (the old-timers' calendar)
- Moon in Leo — proud and picky — match the hatch precisely (almanac tradition, honored as lore)
- Near-quarter moon (transition) — the almanac rates this a strong-feeding stretch
- moon is applying
- Planetary hour at launch: Mercury — skillful hands — knots, skips and hooksets are dialed (published in almanacs for centuries)
The session, hour-by-hour
| Time | Window | Sky | Do this |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 PM–8:18 PM | Mercury · Moon underfoot (major) begins | dark | keep casting — transition block |
| 8:18 PM–8:37 PM | Mercury · major ON · Moon underfoot (major) begins · Moon hour | dark | keep casting — transition block |
| 8:37 PM–9:39 PM | Moon · major ON · Saturn hour | dark | keep casting — transition block |
| 9:39 PM–10:00 PM | Saturn · major ON | dark | keep casting — transition block |
Best presentations for these conditions
Decision rules
- Wind from E at 7 mph → the N shore is wind-stacked (fetch ~2124 m); fish it first — the E shore is the lee.
- Slow start ≠ bad session → barren-sign evenings backload — the payoff window is late. (shoreline wind model — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL)
fishwitch mvp — weather via Open-Meteo · sky via Swiss Ephemeris · solunar + almanac tradition (fruitful/barren signs are old lore, honored but labeled).