Depends on where you want to fish. I wanted to stay in Jamestown again this summer for another week and use the island as a base to fish the lower bay so I picked 7/14 - 7/21 with the new moon on the 19th. From what I've seen since I began fishing, the bass start to drop out of the upper bay around the last week of June and head for cooler, deeper water. I took all of that into account when I booked my vacation for next summer. Ideally i would like the new moon to fall on the last week of June, first week of July, but it's in the middle of the month this year. That's fine with me. Last year I woke up late in the morning, but the tide was right for a certain lower bay lighthouse so I figured I'd try my luck. Caught about 20 fish from 9:30 to 11 am on swimmers in the bright sun. Granted they were mostly all small keepers, but I'll take that any day in the middle of July. And at night you have a legit shot at taking a 30-40lb fish on eels if you put in the time. I guess the point of this rambling is that the fishing can be good throughout the whole year if you know when and where to look.
All that being said, I'd fish around the NM in June, anywhere from Naps to the Canal
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