The Air Pressure Myth... relating to fishing

[peter]

Moveon posted a link to an article with an interesting title. I haven't had time to read it but the title sure does sound interesting.

http://www.fishin.com/forums2/indian...pressures.html

The last words form the article:

... but it’s unlikely that barometric pressure alone can trigger the sudden bite that angling’s common wisdom often asserts.

Anybody have any thoughts on this?

[GeoFisher]

Moveon posted a link to an article with an interesting title. I haven't had time to read it but the title sure does sound interesting.

http://www.fishin.com/forums2/indian...pressures.html

The last words form the article:

... but it’s unlikely that barometric pressure alone can trigger the sudden bite that angling’s common wisdom often asserts.

Anybody have any thoughts on this?

It assumes that we KNOW everything there is to know about how fish use/manage weather patterns and pressure. We don't.

I can tell you this, and many on this site who have been with me can attest.......I can tell you what pressure is doing within a few hours of a front based on how BAD I feel that particular morning.

I get crazy pressure headaches.......FAST dropping pressure, I get a pounding headache in the front forehead. Slower pressure drop......a nagging headache.

High pressure.......just a throbbing headache, usually feel it around my temples.

Funny thing, my doc and many docs say I cannot tell the pressure change. TELL THAT TO MY FREAKIN HEADACHES.

Now how does this effect the fishing. Maybe fish can tell an approaching storm. If that storm is bringing cold or warm air, I now use that information along with what I've learned from Dave Stewart to identify a particular location on a lake to fish.

NO DOUBT.........

Later,

Geo

[Carter1]

It's not just fish, its wildlife too. And there are times when the pressure changes I feel it in an old surgery site and my joints (thanks to arthritis).

[nitro929]

It assumes that we KNOW everything there is to know about how fish use/manage weather patterns and pressure. We don't.

I can tell you this, and many on this site who have been with me can attest.......I can tell you what pressure is doing within a few hours of a front based on how BAD I feel that particular morning.

I get crazy pressure headaches.......FAST dropping pressure, I get a pounding headache in the front forehead. Slower pressure drop......a nagging headache.

High pressure.......just a throbbing headache, usually feel it around my temples.

Funny thing, my doc and many docs say I cannot tell the pressure change. TELL THAT TO MY FREAKIN HEADACHES.

Now how does this effect the fishing. Maybe fish can tell an approaching storm. If that storm is bringing cold or warm air, I now use that information along with what I've learned from Dave Stewart to identify a particular location on a lake to fish.

NO DOUBT.........

Later,

Geo

That makes two of us, I always called them my high pressure headaches. The only thing that works for me are the migrane asprins. Now i know its not worth going to the doctor about.

[GeoFisher]

That makes two of us, I always called them my high pressure headaches. The only thing that works for me are the migrane asprins. Now i know its not worth going to the doctor about.

I have spent thousands looking for clues..........the best answer. GET in front of the front with medications . If I "think" it is going to happen, I load up with tylenol before it gets here. usually that helps. when it doesn't help and the pressure really tanks, I feel it for a few hours, and sometimes all day.

The bassman30 had to leave me at the marina once because I literally could not function. After a few cups of coffee and some breakfast, I was good to go.

Later,

Geo

[spinnerbaitguy]

I hope this isn't the same article but I can't tell for sure. I am on my android phone and the links on the site will not load. There is usually a link on this site at the bottom of the page which allows me to go to "full site" mode which is more functional but I can't find it today.
Anyway...this article presents data on largemouth which mirrors some of the observations listed.
I, like some others, had always just gone with the typical (old) school of thought and didn't think much deeper into it.


BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND BASS - In-Fisherman

[Moveon]

Spinnerbaitguy:
This is a different article than the one I posted. But it's saying the same thing. I saw this article when I did a google search on this subject the other day. I just didn't read it until after you posted it on here. I relate to most all the In-Fisherman Stuff. Some of their stuff was copied off what I said on another fishing forum a few years back. I took that as a compliment. The main point of the In-Fisherman article is that air pressure alone is not a DIRECT reason for the fish's behavior. But the changing air pressure can predict that a front is coming through and that the weather will be changing. Fish eat when they are hungry. They suspend or luck when they are full. During the summer months when the water is warmer the fish digest their food faster and eat more often as they are cold blooded and their metabolism increases with warmer water.

Thanks for posting the In-Fisherman Article and it was a good read. I hope others can learn from this article and the other one.

I hope this isn't the same article but I can't tell for sure. I am on my android phone and the links on the site will not load. There is usually a link on this site at the bottom of the page which allows me to go to "full site" mode which is more functional but I can't find it today.
Anyway...this article presents data on largemouth which mirrors some of the observations listed.
I, like some others, had always just gone with the typical (old) school of thought and didn't think much deeper into it.


BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND BASS - In-Fisherman

[sweetwater]

If I "think" it is going to happen, I load up with tylenol before it gets here. usually that helps. when it doesn't help and the pressure really tanks, I feel it for a few hours, and sometimes all day.


Geo

I do the same thing when Aunt Flo from the Red Sea visits every month.

[GeoFisher]

I do the same thing when Aunt Flo from the Red Sea visits every month.

Uh......yea that is TMI........BUT I am familiar as I live with a gaggle of women.

Later,

Geo

[linedrager]

I do the same thing when Aunt Flo from the Red Sea visits every month.

wounder if that is the same aunt flow that visits us once a month, thank god for fishing. ha ha!!!

[HURRICANEBOB]

Maybe it ain't the fish. Maybe the pressure has an impact on ANGLER behavior. Don't get out as early, don't fish that crank as slow or as fast, maybe assume the lure bite is off and decide to fish crickets, maybe don't run as far to a spot that might hold hungry fish.

AWWWWWWWWW.......BALONEY.

Pressure rise right after a low pressure zone passes and the storm ends is still the best time to see jumps and catch agggressive fish.

Or maybe I just fish better when I'm soaking wet.

[DJD]

Several reasons I don't buy into their opinion 100%.
#1 they are scientists and how many times do we get to hear about how the last data was wrong or not as it seems. Take Global Warming as a good example. Alot of that data was proved incorrect and there were to many assumptions.
#2 there was alot of reference to the ocean in that article which is very deep and has alot of waves plus it's salt water compared to fresh water. Does that matter? I think so.
#3 I have been fishing and have seen something happen with the fishing when a storm is brewing that turns them on. It can get very good.....I believe it was the pressure change.
Fish are living things and living things don't always follow scientific opinions. I just don't buy into what they claim. I like fishing shallow water and maybe since it's so shallow the fish feel the changes quicker? Sure seems that way. Also it makes sense(to me) that deeper fish won't feel those changes as fast.
Maybe the secondary effects from fronts can be the intensity of sunlight? I know it can effect me and how I fish. Shade, sun, wind cold front, warm front,stable weather, depth, location, seasonal patterns and water temp are all pieces of the puzzle and I just don't think it's down to a science yet on what will happen on a specific day. It's still a mystery and that's what makes it a challenge. Jmo.