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A buddy and I created iSolunar 3 years ago...

In a nutshell, iSolunar™ Hunting & Fishing Times is an iPhone app that provides users with location-specific solunar times (peak feeding and activity periods). For the skeptics & unbelievers out there, it also has some practical info like sunrise/sunset times, weather, trophy room, maps, etc.

The Solunar Theory was originally proposed by John Alden Knight in the 1930s. Knight was an avid outdoorsman and journalist who examined 33 variables to see their effect on hunting times and fishing times. Of the 33, only the position of the sun & moon and barometric pressure were determined to be of importance. Because of the influence of the sun and moon, he called these times solunar periods.

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“Other conditions not being unfavorable, fish will feed, animals will move about, birds will sing and fly from place to place, in fact, all living things will become more active, more alive, during Solunar periods than at other times of apparent equal value. Those anglers who have had the breadth of vision to follow the schedule, have found that it is a guide to the best fishing of each day, and the quality of their sport has improved...” -- From "Moon Up, Moon Down" by John Alden Knight

The Major Periods last 2-3 hours and peak when the moon is positioned overhead and underfoot. The Minor Period times occur roughly half way in between when the moon passes the horizon at moonrise and moonset. Minor Periods generally last half as long as the Major Periods. The best hunting times and best fishing times occur at the peak of the Major and Minor Periods. These roughly correlate with high tide and low tide times. Knight also proposed that the intensity of the solunar periods also vary day to day through out the month with the moon phase - with the best activity occurring around a Full/New Moon and the least intense activity occurring around the 1st/Last Qtr Moons.