The Air Pressure Myth... relating to fishing

[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!!!