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crab bait

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what barometer is good fishin' ...<br /><br />high equals blue sky... right,,wrong...??<br /><br />low equals overcast...right,,wrong..?? <br /><br />what am i lookin' for...<br /><br />explain...
 
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According to Bill Dance your best fishing is when the barometric pressure is falling or at its lowest which normally is the front proceeding a storm system. If you have falling or Low pressure with over cast skies associated with a west to east breeze or viseversa you have a better chance than with rising pressure and a sunny sky. ;)
 
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The best time to go fishing, Crabby, is now.
 
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Crab Bait<br />I hate to disagree with Bill Dance but my fishing Barometer says "Falling or low fishing Least, Rising or High Fishing Best". I have fished same lake several days in a row and can tell you this when a Cold front or low pressure first moves in I hav had trouble catching Bass.
 
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Who looks at that stuff. Personally I like to fish just before a front moves in so I would have to guess this is right before the barrometer falls through it bottoming out. Of course this is late spring/summer/early fall any other time I like it to have had a few days of nice warm (relativly so) stable weather before I head out. So I would say here it is rising or high.Hope this helps but I bet it is not quite the answer you wanted.<br />BTW the best time to go fishing is when you can and I intend on having time to go this afternoon and could care less what the barometer and such are as long as it does not look like rain.
 
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this has always been a 'gray' area for me.. an others alike..<br /><br />it just seems it a 'gross contridiction' .. droppin'/low equals 'cold front'..<br /><br />cold front BAAAAAD... then why droppin'or dead rock bottom barometer the best..??<br /><br />my experiance.. a beautiful blue bird day ,, 'stay the hell home'... only good for a boat ride... that's a 'high' ,,,right..??<br /><br />i so confused..!!!
 
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It all one big crap shoot anywhoo.. :confused: Just go fishing when the mood strikes ya.... works for me. :D
 
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It has also been my experince that the falling barometer is a positive sign but this does not always mean cold front just a presure change.However the bite also seems to pick up on or after the third day of a steady high but regardless i would not let the barometer predict a fishing trip.<br /><br />with fish ya never know guess thats why they call it fishing not catching
 
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generally I have to agree with the falling pressure argument. Fishing is a funny thing sometimes regardless of the weather conditions fish are off and then it remains the choice of bait and presentation. Fish even when completly shut off will hit a bait from agression so I tend to use weather as my deciding factor to bait and presentation selection
 
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This has been around for a loooooong time:<br /><br />Wind from the North, don't sally forth. :( <br />Wind from the East, fishing is least. :( <br />Wind from the West, fishing is best. :D <br />Wind from the South blows the bait in the fishes' mouth. :D
 
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I never check a barometer but from my experience the fish bite terrible right before it rains but during and after the rain the bite is on.
 
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Much of our fishing depends upon the condition of the water in the rivers and streams; doesn't matter what the pressure or the wind is, if the river is out of shape the rascals will never see your lure. Further, on the Columbia, the tides make a big difference...outgoing being the best.<br />That being said, when a east wind is blowing briskly, I have flogged without success many a smaller river for salmon and/or steelhead; as soon as the wind changes (which means a high is being replaced by a low), the fishing gets better. I suspect that when a high first gets here, the fish hunker down....but eventually their migratory instincts won't let them stay for long, and they start moving.
 
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this is all good stuff..<br /><br />an you 'ancient mariners' ,, sure know them good 'ole sayins'.. that lymrick probalbly has more truth an horse sense then anythin'...i heard the east wind BAAAAD...<br /><br />i reckon ,, fishin' really doesn't have 'stone set' rules.. but a little knowlege on conditions is just a extra feather-in-the-'ole-cap... <br /><br />HEY,,,!!! I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.!!<br />WHO CAN'T...<br /><br />highs & lows ,,if i understand them,, always seemed a 'contridiction' in itself..<br /><br />i always heard/felt/an abide by.. sunny blue bird day,,, HIGH,,, fishes air bladder fills up an fish got a 'bloated' stomach.. therefore,, not hungrey/not feedin'...<br /><br />of coarse,, that don't stop me none.. i 'always ' have a bloated stomach.. an can still wolf down a large pizza...whats the problem... ;)
 
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yo crabbie - just IMHO. back a decade ago, when i fished @ 200 days/yr in the swamps. the shallow water lakes seemed pretty moody. maybe because Moody AFB was right near by, dunno ;) <br /><br />anyhow, it really was a great time to fish when the rain clouds were moving in, or just nearby. as long as no lightning, the fish were tearing it up.(well, i was still there to observe what the fish might be doing) and would continue for a while into the rain. when it got bad enough to cloud the water - it died. same results when we went down to FL- kissimmee area a few yrs ago. it seemed to rain every day for 30min on/ 45mins off... tore them fish up! avg 6lb lgm bass.<br /><br />not up to speed on these big hilly lakes yet... but i'd hafta say i do better just b4 the rain drops out ;)
 
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I leave the barometer for the weather man on TV, and I try not to watch the TV weather.<br /><br />There is always some kind of weather outside, when I go fishing. (I haven't found a place to fish inside yet.) Sometimes the sky is blue, sometimes gray, sometimes it is black, but there is always a sky up there somewhere.<br /><br />I look for water to fish in, and only fish when the water is wet. :D
 
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Jeez, I thought fish bit when they were hungry and your bait/lure is what they're looking for..What do I know, I'm a lousy fisherman.
 
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I just like to go fishing when I know the woman is going to get the maddest at me for going. Then also when my boys can't stop bugging me about going. Jeez I think I go fishing to get away from all of them. Maybe I just fish to much?
 
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best time to go fishing is when you have time :) <br /><br />I have seen some fish go nuts when a low pressure is coming through and also seen it where the bite just shuts off. I also find that the bite shuts off once the front passes through. Maybe its just me or maybe the fish don't like me after it rained
 
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