Cherry_Bombs wrote:
I want to say that it feels about the same. Sometimes you have good days, others not so much. Catch rate isn't really consistent from day to day.
Pretty much this. What's happening is before you had literally no reason to pay attention to 'You didn't catch anything.' Whether it happened once or 6 times in a row it was just a frustrating phase that you forgot about 2 minutes later. Now you have to watch them in order to not waste your time, and because you have to watch them, you're noticing how frequently it occurs but the frequency hasn't actually changed. I catch fish at the same rate now that I did months ago.
As for moon phase I was pretty sure that actually had an effect on fishing in retail? Which means it wouldn't be strange for it to be a thing here. I feel like I get better bite rates at full & new moons (%90 waxing to %90 waning and %10 waning to %10 waxing). But I've never actually sat down and tracked how much I've caught during each phase to compare and contrast. If I'm going to fish the moonphase isn't likely to effect that decision whether it effects bite rate or not.