Barometric Pressure

[Anders]

First I would like to apologize for not posting here first. Second, all the cooks in the Big Game Forum It hink would rather look at my question than give any input or at least an opinion. I had 80 people look at this post and one give an answer. All those pros out there and no one could care less. Hopefully this forum will be different. I still want to know

What are some of yall's opinions on barometric pressure and how it relates to fishing? Is higher better than lower, or vise versa?

Do yall know of any websites to track this? Do you change anything in your spread or fish different depths with different pressures?

I just don't have a clue on this one. Does pressure affect anything else in fishing? Wave height?

Thanks

[Ponce]

I really don't know squat about this.

I don know as a kid growing up right before a big front pushed in the fishing turned on, now this was fresh water in Minnesota (the couple of months you couldn't walk on the water).

I would guess it was some effect, just don't know how when it comes to saltwater. I guess just on of the many variables. I also think it could be different dependeing on the type of fishing offshore trolling,vs bottom fishing.

[offshore]

I have always found that when the Barometric Pressure is dropping the fishing is better. Especially before a storm when it is dropping fast. Sort of a catch 22 The fish are biting then but the weather generally sucks...Mark

[Jim Given]

Baro-what? I never really cared either way. If I was lucky enought to get out I did. Have had some sick days of fishing in storms tho.

Jim

[Flatdog]

Anders I posted this in your first inquiry in another forum, now someone else has asked, this it is the most basic form of "reasoning" that I can find that makes sense! The old saying that "east is least west is best" really works in shallow water, therefore, my mind thinks "offshore" coastal winds might produce better fishing? for "Bay style fishing" IE close in. Weather that equates to lows and highs pressure who knows your side of the pond
http://www.quickoneplus.com/fish/art...age=barometric
But if you must fish in a wind fish into it, so on a lake move onto the side that is receiving the wind, any bugs on the surface will be blown to your feet, "fish short", The warm water which is on the top will be blown to your side of the lake.
Warm water Ok now think offshore , shallow water will be warmer than offshore, so and offshore wind might create a surface eddy temp break that bait fish would like, depending on how long the blow, is as to how "deep" that surface eddy of coastal warm water will run out into the deep, the longer the blow the deeper it will go on the surface. Therefore going back to "west is best" An onshore wind in your case, if this holds true, perhaps we go out to far in easterly winds, and overrun the bait and the FISH. Just my 2 cents worth