Since I am new to saltwater fishing. I am curious, would it be better to fish Sat. morning about 48 hrs before the storm hits or wait until after?

We all know that these systems can change paths at the last minute. From some long lost experience I feel that timing before the storm could be GREAT fishing. After, could be some days or weeks until all is clear....

Tell me what you think. Surf, bays, hot spots, ??? We are due unfortunately.

Depending on the direction of the storm, the winds are a concern. Will it push fish into the bays? Or will everything scatter?

Scottie

Good question. I have a trip planned for Port A. Arriving on Monday and wondering what the fishing will be like if any. Hope some of these guys in the know will respond.

G, check out my SW report posted today........scottie and G, it's way too early to tell what is best with that storm, except I would hestitate to be on Galveston Island if it hit there........I've had excellent fishing before and during tropical storms that were not directly hitting the area I was fishing.(Remember the story I told you about my buddy and me from about 10 years ago?) It's widely believed that the fishing is good after a hurricane. Don't know from personal experience..........the storm might pull all the water out, or push in high tides, wind might be from the wrong direction, just got to see what develops.......How's that for an answer? Talk about talking around the question!

Looking like we will be heading down Sat early a.m. I beleive that by Sunday a.m. that the winds will be pretty hard. Forecast for PA, bays, is calm to NE winds to 5 knots Sat morning building as the storm gets closer (to 25 - 30 E Sunday).

Calm winds may try F Pass (after TOO's post), or Indian Point. Any ideas?

TOO, hope you had a great trip.

Scottie

Fishing in the bays may be difficult after a storm because of all of the freshwater. Freshwater causes saltwater fish to become dormant or go out to sea.

Anyway, a tropical storm is just a big low pressure area the same as a cold front in the winter. It has been my experience that fish bite better before a front than after a front.

I have never headed towards a storm to try and fish it though so, this info is just a WAG.

Well, my wife is wondering if we should still go to Port A with the storm coming in. Got out my two headed quarter, called heads, and heads it is. We're going! Might take my boat anchor for my personal use while wade fishing. Been waiting too long to let a little rain and wind stop us.

you can read my report I just posted in saltwater reports. But.....

I do believe the bite is much better when a front is about to move thru. This weekend the bite in my honey holes was just great! better then ever this year!

Goodluck to you.

I think surf fishing for reds is better when there is a tropical storm. I fished last year when Tropical Storm Faye came in and it was great. There was a very high tide and man we caught the heck out of the reds and bull reds. I fished 5 days straigt before than and did not do so well. We did not catch any specs or sharks during the tropical storm but the reds were great. One thing to remember is that reds can live in salt and fresh water.

FYI,


MSNBC:
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Several state parks on the Texas Coast, including Goose Island in Rockport, Mustang Island between Corpus Christi and Port Aransas, Matagorda Island near Port O�Connor and Galveston Island, evacuated visitors on Monday and were likely to remain closed through at least Thursday.

There was a recent article in the SaltWater Sportsman and they discussed that the bite is better just prior to the storm. They also go into the reason. I will attempt to recall what I read...but it is an interesting article.
http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/saltwater/fishing/article/0,12746,462078,00.html

Depending on the fish and the size of their Air Bladder. The bigger the bladder (Red Fish, Stripers, Grouper, Snapper) the worst the effects,and are less likely to bite. The smaller the bladder (Kingfish,Mackerel, wahoo) the more likely the are to feed/bite.

When a front comes though (i.e.) it carries with it a lot of moisture in Air. This moisture (H20) displaces heavier air components such as (I believe they indicated )Nitrogen. This means for many miles above the surface, there is lighter components making up the column of air, and thus lighter air. This means that the air bladders in fish will expand (the air pressure above them along with the weight/pressure of the water)....sort of like lessening the pressure to a bottle of pop and you start to see the bubbles... This is supposed to cause pain to the fish, so to equal out the pressure, the fish need more pressure to bring the size of their bladders to the same volume. So they go deeper. Since they just experienced internal pain, they are less likely to feed, but those that are feeding are more likely to be deeper.


Again...I hope this helps...