This is the lowest I’ve seen the pressure in a while, worth going out tonight for some walleye and smallies? How much do you guys care about pressure?
Posted by Klutzy_Face_8896
This is the lowest I’ve seen the pressure in a while, worth going out tonight for some walleye and smallies? How much do you guys care about pressure?
Posted by Klutzy_Face_8896
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Since I work full time I don’t really get to decide when I fish based on pressure, I just do it when I can, but it undeniably does matter
I would say you’ll probably see good success since we’ve got a high moon and low pressure
It *can* make a difference, but I’ve still had plenty of high pressure days that have been phenomenal. There are far more factors than just pressure that play into it. Don’t overthink it, fish when you can. Some time on the water is better than none!
It matters to me cause it effects current and water flow. I have to adjust my trolling settings slightly as pressure changes and as wind changes.
Zero. Pressure is just part of what fish actually respond to, which is the daily weather. Fish cannot feel the atmospheric pressure. But atmospheric pressure often precedes changing weather. Its like a forest for the trees kind of scenario.
It matters, fish feel the change and start feeding, specially before a storm. If you fish 1 or 2 hours befor a storm you will notice bites. As the storm closes fish stop biting and the move to deeper waters to “brace for impact”. It actually changes from crazy biting to complete silence in minut3s.
Now matters enough to cancel a fishingt trip? Nop not really, but its definately a plus to look out for.
It has been said fish don’t like big swings in pressure. They like stable. There are other factors, water temps, general sky conditions(clouds, etc).
If I can choose I want to go a couple hours ahead of a front/change in pressure, on a day my fish/moon calendar says very good.
Most of us don’t get to choose when to go so there isn’t much you can do about it. We get what we get.
I am a pond fisherman, I can tell within a couple minutes if fish are active or not when I get to the water without making one cast.
It can make a difference. My best off-the-walls fishing has been during intensely dropping pressure.
But I don’t have my pick of fishing days most of the time. Many of us just get to go fishing and hope everything lines up for a catch.
It’s like how heavy it is to the fish, on lower pressure days fish can move freely without many issues so moving bait day, high pressure gotta slow it down, Texas drop shot ect