Barometer is Falling

[Stan Wright]

Am I starting to see a pattern here....?

For the last 2 days the fishing has been pretty good.

The barometer has been dropping.
Tues: 30.07 and falling.
Wed. 30.05 and falling.
Thurs. 30.12 and falling rapidly.
Wonder what it will be this afternoon?
I'd be interested in how the fishing turned out today.

Looks like the peacock bass are starting to school and chase the shad.
Wonder how much the Barometric Pressure had anything to do with it?

[roadwarriorsvt]

I wish I'd seen this post before I showed up for work!!!

[Pegasus]

Yesterday after I saw you at the ramp, we headed out to try our luck. Our first secret spot was pretty good. Lots of 2 to 3lb tucs attacking the bait. Caught a few on the gold fly. Tried a couple of other secret points with limited success. Headed back to the first spot around 5pm and then things got going. They hit any size bait we threw, from some pretty big ones down to the tiny ones that were still alive in my well. Used up all the live ones and headed back to the ramp. Big crowd at the ramp and they were catching too. That 5:30 to 6:30 time must be dinner time ! My friend really enjoyed his first trip on the lake. My new ultra light set up is fun too.Our biggest fish was close to 4lbs, but had lots of solid 3lb plus.

[Ca_Bass]

If I remember correctly when the barometric pres falls so does the pressure the fish feel in the water. So say the bar. Pres. Is @30.5 and the fish have been hanging in 5ft of water, then the pressure drops which makes the pressure the fish feel @ 5ft of depth feel more like 3ft of depth to them, from what I understand the fish will move into deeper water about 8ft or so because they want to feel like they're at 5ft. I'm going to do some research to verify my thoughts but I think that's how it works. I guess the rapid pressure change the fish feel before a front comes through is the reason they tend to go into a bit of a feeding frenzy at the begining of a storm. I guess nature has them programmed to feast before the conditions make them cold and lathargic. I've personally experienced that on wilson a few times. Massive frenzies right when the rain clouds start to roll through on a sunny day, and it seems like once it really starts to come down they shut down.