09-04-2008, 08:11 AM
[quote name='busterblue' post='10292' date='Apr 8 2008, 04:01 PM']Got this from another online friend; check this out for water temps:
Here's a tip if you don't know already. You can access the weather buoy data just north of the Newport Bridge at the PORTS web site: [url="http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html"]http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html[/url]
Just go to Narragansett Bay on the left side, click on Newport, and then click on the PORTS icon that appears there. The 3 day charts will give you water temps, etc. updated hourly. You can try and correlate the squid activity to the conditions (not easy) to see if you can predict full bucket trips. The buoys are on the surface so you can watch the temps rise and fall with the daytime sun heating the water. Last year we had a full moon that timed well with the first blitz. This year the full moons are on April 9 and May 9, so that won't be a factor at the start of the season.
Everybody say, "Thank you George".[/quote]
Busterblue,
Pretty positive this year's full moon is on the 20th.
Here's a tip if you don't know already. You can access the weather buoy data just north of the Newport Bridge at the PORTS web site: [url="http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html"]http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html[/url]
Just go to Narragansett Bay on the left side, click on Newport, and then click on the PORTS icon that appears there. The 3 day charts will give you water temps, etc. updated hourly. You can try and correlate the squid activity to the conditions (not easy) to see if you can predict full bucket trips. The buoys are on the surface so you can watch the temps rise and fall with the daytime sun heating the water. Last year we had a full moon that timed well with the first blitz. This year the full moons are on April 9 and May 9, so that won't be a factor at the start of the season.
Everybody say, "Thank you George".[/quote]
Busterblue,
Pretty positive this year's full moon is on the 20th.