Thanks Tyler. Although not statistically sound, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to draw decent info from this data. What does a YBLO eat? In my very limited experience with this bird, I have only watched it feed one time on a very small lake for about 1/2 hr. During this period, it ate panfish (bluegill) and fingerling fish (prob bass) exclusively. One bluegill was large enough that it took 4 1/2 minutes for the loon to swallow it! Since the bird shows up in wide variety of places, I would assume that small fish (not limited to bluegill or bass) comprises a significant portion of it's diet. As a fisherman (sort of...when I'm not birding...ok...I take that back...*WHILE* I'm birding), I pay attention to the tides, water temperature, and wind direction depending on my target fish. These three factors play a large part in being able to find fish *feeding*. I would guess (at this time of year), that warmer [shallower] water, an hour either side of low/high[secondary] tide (particularly when it coincides with morning or evening), and low winds from the West or Southwest would produce the best fishing conditions...and by my ultra-scientific reasoning <grin> also produce excellent conditions for YBLO sightings...I hope... Greg Miller Lusby, MD