Barometer fishing

[northernsportman]

Does anybody fish according to the barometer? Do you catch more fish? Please explain how to use the barometer to your advantage or when to fish.

[L_Cappo]

Effects of Barometric Pressure on Fishing

By Lee Adams

It is important, however, to note that the effects of barometric

pressure is greater in fresh and shallow waters, than it is in deeper waters. This is probably due to the fact that the pressure of water is so much greater in deeper waters making the air pressure above it no longer having any significance.

Some general rules regarding barometric pressure are:

Pressure Trend

Typical Weather

Fishing Trends

Suggested Tactics

High

Clear skies

Fish slow down, find cover or go to deeper waters.

Slow down lures and use baits more attractive to fish. Fish in cover and in deeper waters.

Rising

Clearing or improving

Fish tend to become slightly more active

Fish with brighter lures and near cover. Also fish at intermediate and deeper depths.

Normal and stable

Fair

Normal fishing

Experiment with your favorite baits and lures.

Falling

Degrading

Most active fishing

Speed up lures. Surface and shallow running lures may work well.

Slightly lower

Usually cloudy

Many fish will head away from cover and seek shallower waters. Some fish will become more aggressive.

Use shallow running lures at a moderate speed.

Low

Rainy and stormy

Fish will tend to become less active the longer this period remains.

As the action subsides, try fishing at deeper depths.

It is important to note that after a long feeding period, the action will slow regardless of the following conditions. On the flip side, a long period of poor fishing conditions may be followed by a really good one.

It is also important to note, that the barometric pressure is just one of many factors that effect fish feeding habits. Other effects include water temperature, light, tidal forces, water clarity, the pH level, water levels, wind/surface disturbance, boat traffic, fishing pressure, and so on. Another good judging factor of fishing is the solunar effects which play a role in the tidal and illumination factors.

[northernsportman]

did that come from a book? i would like to find that. thanks

[JigginIsLife]

i dont know where i heard it but all i can remember about the barometer is

"when its fallin' the fish are callin'" anyways obvious that fits in there. so when the weather channel says 30.01 Fal thats the time i decide to go fishing.

[northernsportman]

sweet i will give these a try this year, thanks guys

[riverrat56]

I just fish as often as I can and as hard as I can.

Forget the barometer, it can give you some guidelines, but fish can't read them, and often forget.

I have caught an awful lot of walleyes from less than a foot of water during clear, high skies, throwing cranks

[northernsportman]

i fish a lot and have caught quite a few big fish in my day. i just want to try, it probably wont help to much but i will do whatever it takes to catch big fish consistently day after day, even if it isnt fishing by the barometer...

[fishguyd]

Just fish, you can fish your way right out of the fish if you try to remember all the generals and actually follow them. Learn how to read a lake and the fish a dn you will be fine, inother words, I do not carry a B Pressure guage in the boat and I do not plan mmy fishing around the forcast--unless it could get dangerous or something. Remember this...90% of the fish only do 80% of what you read 10% of the time , LOL Good Luck