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TUESDAY OCT 6 — 8:00 PM SESSION
Huntington Lake, Huntington Lake, Fresno County, CA | Waning crescent (14%) | Moon in Virgo
One-paragraph version
Launch at 8:00 PM into a Jupiter hour; the window that matters is 9:14 PM–9:38 PM (dark). Overall 6.8/10 — solid conditions with one clear prime window; be there for it.
The locked numbers
| Launch | 8:00 PM / sunset 6:31 PM / dark ~6:58 PM |
| Moon | Waning crescent, 14% lit, sets 4:32 PM, rises 2:40 AM |
| Air | 59°F at launch / window 58–59°F |
| Water | ~65°F (air-temp lag — small-lake estimate, no gauge within 30 km; warming +8.7°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 | 0% cloud, 8 mph wind, slowly rising barometer (1009 hPa) |
| Forecast | low agreement — GFS/ECMWF/ICON ±9.9°F, ±5.4 mph |
| Color | At night and deep dusk, color vision is out — go dark silhouette, big profile, and vibration over color. |
| Solunar | → Moon underfoot (major) ~10:14 PM; Moon overhead (major) ~9:44 AM; Moon overhead (major) ~10:29 AM |
| Scores | weather 7/10 · solunar 9/10 · astro 4/10 → overall 6.8/10 |
| Data | sky + weather · GFS/ECMWF/ICON ±9.9°F, ±5.4 mph (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 (+2.0 hPa/6h)
Almanac layer (the old-timers' calendar)
- Moon in Virgo — barren sign in the old lore — quality over quantity, perfectionist finesse (almanac tradition, honored as lore)
- Dark-moon window (solunar peak) — the almanac rates this a strong-feeding stretch
- moon is applying
- Planetary hour at launch: Jupiter — big fortune — make the big cast, hunt the kicker fish (published in almanacs for centuries)
The session, hour-by-hour
| Time | Window | Sky | Do this |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 PM–8:36 PM | Jupiter · Mars hour | dark | keep casting — transition block |
| 8:36 PM–9:14 PM | Mars · Moon underfoot (major) begins | dark | keep casting — transition block |
| 9:14 PM–9:38 PM | Mars · major ON · Moon underfoot (major) begins · Sun hour | dark | keep casting — transition block |
| 9:38 PM–10:00 PM | Sun · major ON | dark | keep casting — transition block |
Best presentations for these conditions
Decision rules
- Wind from E at 8 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).