Occur when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot. These are the strongest feeding times of the day.
Minor Periods (1-2 hours)
Occur during moonrise and moonset. Secondary feeding windows that still offer good activity.
February 2026 Fishing Calendar
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1🌕B+
2🌕B
3🌖B+
4🌖B
5🌖B
6🌖C+
7🌗C
8🌗C+
9🌗C
10🌗C+
11🌘B
12🌘B
13🌘B
14🌘B
15🌑B
16🌑B+
17🌑B+
18🌑B+
19🌒B
20🌒B
21🌒C+
22🌒C+
23🌓C+
24🌓C
25🌓C+
26🌔C+
27🌔C+
28🌔B
Best (A/A+)
Good (B/B+)
Fair (C/C+)
Poor (D/F)
Top 5 day
Grades rate solunar timing and moon phase for the whole US. Water temperature moves a fishing day more than the moon does and depends on where you fish.
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Winter Fishing Tips
Winter fishing requires patience and slower presentations. Fish deeper water and target sunny afternoons when water warms slightly. Focus on major feeding periods as fish conserve energy.
Best Fishing Days in February 2026
The top-rated fishing days in February 2026 are February 17, February 1, February 18, February 16, February 3, ranked by solunar activity, moon phase, and the strength of each day's major and minor feeding periods. Those are the factors a national calendar can actually know. Water temperature moves a fishing grade far more than the moon does, and it depends entirely on where you fish, so enter your location for a full grade that adds water temperature, weather, and barometric pressure.
February is the month the year turns, usually without looking like it. Late ice is still solid across the northern tier while the first pre-spawn movements begin in the south, where lengthening days start staging fish near spawning flats well before the water feels warm. Watch for a run of mild afternoons, because the first real feeding window of the year tends to arrive with one.
Want it on the boat or the fridge? This page doubles as a free printable fishing calendar for February 2026. Use the Print or Save as PDF button at the top and your browser produces a clean one-page PDF of the whole month, grades and moon phases included.
What the Fish Are Doing in February
Pre-spawn (5 species)
Sheepshead, White Bass, Peacock Bass, Steelhead, Rainbow Trout feed hard before spawning in February, and our scoring raises their activity by up to 1.40x. Look for sheepshead on nearshore reefs, bridge footings and jetties 15-50 ft.
Spawning (3 species)
Lingcod, Pacific Halibut, Rockfish spawn during February. Fish on beds are harder to tempt, so our grades apply a spawn-lockout penalty. Target pre-spawn and post-spawn species instead, or fish deeper staging areas nearby.