Troy,
If you think about it, you answer your own question....If they were tossing bait fish, you probably want to use minnows of some sort. I usually attribute these times to just not getting it right that day. Everything I have read, heard, etc is 3 days before and 3 days after the full moon is the best fishing, if you note in the various magazines that have lunar/astro tables they always identify best fishing within these times. I saw a study of all the world record fish caught, ( all species) and the vast majority were caught in this window. I belive it was J. Henshalls book of black bass but don't quote me on that. The article showed probably 85% of the world record fish caught in and around full moons.
Some more evidence... how many large tournaments are in this window..... for a reason I suspect.
As far as whether they are too full, keep in mind that feeding is only one of several reasons bass bite. Roland Martin claims the following 8 other reasons, Reflex Actions, anger, protective instinct, curiosity, competition, territorial instinct, killer instinct, and ingnorance. Buy them all if you like but I feel pretty certain it isn't just cause their feeding, and I would question if a a bass ever gets full.
Interesting topic though.... To support your contention, I was once up at LakeCushman right after a hatch of some bug that was like a carpet on the lake... I fished for about 4 hours without a trout bite, even once.
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