Is the bite beater on the new Moon ? Does it effect the time of day the bite is on ? I know from 30 years of bow hunting I never miss a new Moon deer hunt .

I prefer fishing the new moon. The fish will spawn on both new and full, but skewed toward the full. Fishing is good on both, but tends to be best on the days leading up to the full moon and on the days just after the new moon. To simplify it, it seems the fishing is best when the moon is getting bigger, not smaller, with each succeeding day.

As stated by Doug Hannon...