Can someone explain the barometric pressure and what it does to the pressure on the fish itself? I think most people know high pressure is usually post-front bluebird skies and low pressure is usually pre-front conditions. This guy i talked to once was in the Marines and had a watch that showed the barometric pressure because he was a sniper. Just think if the pressure has that much effect on a bullet what it can do to a fish.

I can't control it so I don't lose any sleep over it. I just go fishing when I can go.

But, barometric pressure can help determine how you fish.

I don't let it determine whether I fishing or not, I know if it's high fishing probably won't be any good but I enjoy the time while I am out there!

o Bazztex could tell ya but I havent seen him on here i a while ....

Not to me personally. It gives me one more thing I have to worry about. I can't control it and fact is its a waste of time for me. Pretty simple, if bite is tough change something till you get bit. Size, profile, color, cadence etc. The barometric pressure never crosses my mind and most people do not carry around barometric pressure baits if you get my point. Its fishing, we are the ones who complicate it not the fish. I refuse to leave my house thinking the barometric pressure is gonna negatively affect my day. Its a built in excuse for mosr people.

You know, I have never once heard a pro fisherman say anything about baro pressure!

I heard like this:

When baro is high, it puts more pressure on the water column. THerefore, it's harder on a fish to adjust their swim bladder allowing them to suspend at a shallow depth.

When baro is low, less dificulty on fish.

Therefore, when Baro is low fish will tend to be shallow more than when it's high. When baro is high, fish suspend deeper.

Kinda makes sense, to me.

good luck!

And that's about all we can do about it is to make an informed decision. But, it's only information with limited courses of action. I guess we al should get a Hydro Wave to call them up from the deep. Just say'n.

Mark has it right. A few google searches and you'll find articles that show how little a bass has to move to counter a barometric drop the equivalent of a hurriicane vs. normal pressure. I read it years ago and it basically said a fish has to move less than a foot in depth to overcome a several point changer in pressure.

All the rest is just angler conjecture.

I firmly believe that barometric pressure in itself has zero effect on bass. We all know bass have no problem movin up and down a water column through out the day, if their swim bladders where that sensitive any move up and down the column would be a much larger shock than baro pressure changes.

Water is obviously much heavier than air, diving down three feet under water will put way more pressure on a fish than a 1.5 increase of baro pressure on the surface.

The weather changes associated with the baro pressure is what effects the bite not the pressure itself ie strong winds, cloudy skies, rain and tempurature changes.

I guarantee you at one time, on any one day on just about any lake, there will be fish in a few inches of water and there will be fish in "deeper" water (wherever oxygen quality will suffice). I've heard people say, "Well it's Winter, so they are going to be deep" or "It spring so they are going to be shallow". While that might be true, that a majority of the catchable fish will be in these areas, you will be able to catch some fish out deep all year round and fish shallow all year round. Something like barometric pressure will have some impact, but I don't think it's nearly as profound as we make it out to be.

Doug Hannon says barometric pressure makes a huge difference in bass activity.

1)Changes in barometric pressure hinders the bass ability to be neutrally buoyant at the lake depth they prefer until after such time that their air bladder stabilizes. (Hindered bass don't feed well.)

2)Stable (high or low) barometric pressure itself has no direct effect on bass as they can't sense the actual pressure once their air bladder stabilizes responding to recent change. (Bass feed both when barometer is stable high or stable low)

3)Barometric pressure affects the weather in the atmosphere and thus stable barometric pressure indirectly affects bass feeding and other behaviors. (Bass see less / feed less in bright hi pressure sun conditions.)

4) Any change in atmospheric air pressure has an identical and equal effect on the water column pressure at all depths. (Bass feel minuscule pressure changes)

I can't copy and past dfrom my iPad but I found the article. Google "barometric pressure fish myth" and it should be the first result. I found it pretty interesting.