Would year-round daylight savings affect your fishing??

[CrashVector]

I remember as a kid my dad lamenting the end of daylight savings because it meant having to get up even earlier to go squirrel hunting.

 

I find during daylight savings that there are fewer people fishing in the mornings, but tons more in the afternoon after work.

 

Makes me look even more forward to being able to get out on the kayak again next month.

[scbassin]

No.

[Hammer 4]

Nope.

[schplurg]

Yes and in a positive way. Longer evening fishing locally after work.

 

Any fishing "trips" (entire day or multi-day) would not be affected either way. Only work gets in my way of fishing.

 

I'd like it to rain good once again before summer season. We could use it. Lakes look good locally now but it won't last.

[T-Billy]

The best bite during the cold water seasons is in the afternoon. An extra hour of light in the evening will prolong that afternoon bite.

[Bankbeater]

With daylight savings time, as it gets later in the year, the sun comes up later in the morning.  So I may be getting to the lake later in the morning and doing some more sleeping in.

[Lottabass]

The fish don't care, it only affects people.

[Catt]

Y'all funny ?

1 hour ago, Bankbeater said:

the sun comes up later in the morning

The only thing daylight saving time changes is your clock.

 

When it comes to hunting & fishing I don't look at a clock or calendar. 

 

Full moon to full moon is a "month".

 

To know when sun raise is or sun set is I get outdoors.

 

Bass don't care what a clock or calendar says.

 

One reason most anglers/hunters never get a trophy is the6y busy looking at clocks & calendars.  

[OkobojiEagle]

In my opinion, the only thing daylight savings time does is put our country out of sync with the rest of the world.  Time is a measurement of distance.  If we want more evening daylight (and I'm OK with that) we should leave the clocks alone  but start our "work day" an hour earlier across the entire country. 

 

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[SC53]

What Catt said. 
The daylight hours are what they are. The only thing that would change is the time. 
Winter has less daylight hours while summer has more. It’s all about the sun and it’s position, has nothing to do with the actual hour. 

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10 minutes ago, Catt said:

Y'all funny ?

The only thing daylight saving time changes is your clock.

Yup, looking at it as "an extra hour of light" is a mistake. You should be fishing at the same moments you currently are (assuming one has a clue and is doing it semi right), the clocks will just say something different. Where the affect will certainly happen, is when one's schedule conflicts, and does not allow for an outing, but that happens now,... or you could move to Ecuador....

[Catt]

The best teacher is time on the water!

 

Spending more time on the water ain't about learning how to fish a particular lure.

 

It's about learning what's going on in nature!

[CrashVector]

19 minutes ago, OkobojiEagle said:

In my opinion, the only thing daylight savings time does is put our country out of sync with the rest of the world.  Time is a measurement of distance.  If we want more evening daylight (and I'm OK with that) we should leave the clocks alone  but start our "work day" an hour earlier across the entire country. 

 

oe

 

That's my thinking as well.  Just make the stereotypical workday 7-4 instead of 8-5.  Problem solved.

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32 minutes ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Time is a measurement of distance. 

Wait, what?...

[T-Billy]

What time is it?

 

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28 minutes ago, CrashVector said:

Just make the stereotypical workday 7-4 instead of 8-5.  Problem solved.

Will that apply to workers at Dollywood?...

[TnRiver46]

55 minutes ago, CrashVector said:

 

That's my thinking as well.  Just make the stereotypical workday 7-4 instead of 8-5.  Problem solved.

Tell that to the boss man. So he can say nope. 
 

I would have more time to fish after work, not because the day is longer of course, but because the clocks change 

[Logan S]

I know the actual daylight hours are the same.... But it'll mean later launch/weigh-in times for the handful of tournaments I fish over winter since sunrise will be between 8 and 8:30AM.  It means I'll get home 'later' in the evenings - which will be mildly annoying for a couple non-fishing reasons. 

 

 

[Jigfishn10]

I just love when the "one size fits all" mentality comes out.  

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5 minutes ago, Logan S said:

It means I'll get home 'later' in the evenings - which will be mildly annoying for a couple non-fishing reasons. 

"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission"  

[jbsoonerfan]

It absolutely does not make a difference on length of day. If you don't have to work and don't need a clock, then it shouldn't make a difference to you. However, those who get off work at 4 or 5 do indeed get extra daylight during DST. I can't make it to the stand in Nov before its almost too dark to hunt, but if we were still in DST I would have time to get there.

[gim]

Nope, fishing between early November and early March isn’t really an option here anyways.

[cyclops2]

All retireds go when they feel like it.  Plus some work at homes to.

[the reel ess]

I work from home and have something of a flexible schedule. But I don't need to get off work as much during DST. So yes, it would afford me more fishing hours all year.

[Bird]

Only compaint I have is the " fall back " right in the middle of deer season every year.

Now I have to get up an hour earlier to make stand before daylight.

 

I say just leave it be.