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Depends where your fishing and at what stage of the moons yearly cycle in it's orbit is in. At certain times of the year the moon is closer to the earth than at others. The closer the moon the more effect on tides (minus, double minus etc.)
Where you have dunes or high cliffs such as on the outer Cape at Wellfleet and Truro or the cliffs at Block Island you can fish the shadow lines where once the moon though full, drops in back and creates a lione of shadow and darkness where the fish will come into feed, less wary of the brightness and the long shadows cast into the water by surfcasters who stand to close in.
Also, on island beaches where the fish have no real fear of close proximity to the shore because humans do not frolic by day in the water or dwellings etc are not right on the shore, basically un-inhabited shores with tough access, the fish are not "shore shy".
The Elizabeth Islands come to mind or certain shore lines on Fisher's Island for example and alas, before seals, Monomoy Island. We had banner nights in the 70's under full moons on that island with white plugs like Gibbs large bottle plugs, light pink was a good second choice.
I fished a local beach under the growing moon every night last week, working the jettys as I went, white needles. As the moon got bigger and brighter each night the fishing got better. Thursday night the place was a 1/2 mile of bass and bait. The place is sparsly populated and if you don't have permission to park, your out of luck as to access. You hardly see anyone on these beaches between the jetties in the day and many times when in my skiff in the daytime it's not unusual to see a lone swimmer and fifty feet away a pod of bass.
Full moons can be productive but it's all depends on the right combination of shoreline structure and the relative remoteness of those shores.
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