Barometric Pressure and Crappie

I've been wondering as of late, if Crappie are as affected by the Barometric Pressure as other fish like Catfish. It's fairly well known that Catfish bite better on a rising barometer and/or when the pressure is 30 or above. (at least the folks in my neck of the woods know this)

Since I'm fairly new to fishing for Crappie year round, I'm wondering if the same holds true for Crappie.

So far this year, my notes don't show a definite pattern. I may need to fish a lot more before I start seeing a pattern on this. Oh well...more Crappie trips all in the name of research ;)

Just wondering what others experiences have been.

I like the dark of the moon is the best and yes I think barometic pressure also plays a part in fishing. the higher the pressure the shallower the fish??? or is it the deeper the fish.???

I've been monitoring the barometer on all my fishing trips the last few years and my data is inconclusive. I remember reading that if the fish were to change their depth by one foot they would feel far more pressure from that than they ever would from the barometer changing. I do wonder if they sense something that us humans don't.

I have never maintained a fishing log but if you go to In-Fisherman | Catch More and Bigger Fish! and enter barometric pressure in the search box you will get quite a few articles. Some of them are crappie specific. I like that magazine and have learned quite a few tricks from it. Looks like I have some more learning to do.

Older fish know barometric changes. They all on meloxicam.:D

For us it has always seemed like the bite got tough above 29.80.

Go by a pasture of cows if the cows are lying down the fish won't bite good if they are standing up the fish will bite good. Also take a 6oz old coke bottle fill a quart fruit jar about half full turn the coke bottle neck down in the jar the water line needs to come up on the bottle about an inch as the baro goes up the water goes up in the bottle if there is a bubble at the bottom the fish won't bite this happens when the baro is down. I put a little food color in mine so you can see the water line better. It works as I have a baro next to mine to see how it works. At 30.2 the water will be about a 1/2 inch above the water line of the jar at 29.7 it will be below the water line. An old fisherman told if you see a bubble stay home as you want catch any. Cub48

Cub, the cow thing is an old wives tale. We had a pretty good discussion about it on the Oklahoma board a while back.

We couldn't figure out what it meant when half the cows were standing and feeding and the other half were laying down.

And then we had the problem of cows on one side of the road standing and feeding while the ones on the other side were laying down.

We finally came to the conclusion, or at least I did, that some cows are liars!

an old timer told me once to watch the minnows in a bucket. if there swimming in the top of the bucket fish shallow, at the bottom of the bucket fish deep.

Personally I like the Barometer above 30.00 When I was Tagging Sturgeon for the Idaho Fish & Game I kept track of the readings. I found that below 30.00 stay at home. Above 30.00 go fishing. I believe Crappie fishing is better above 30.00 than below.

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Originally Posted by OkieDon

Cub, the cow thing is an old wives tale. We had a pretty good discussion about it on the Oklahoma board a while back.

We couldn't figure out what it meant when half the cows were standing and feeding and the other half were laying down.

And then we had the problem of cows on one side of the road standing and feeding while the ones on the other side were laying down.

We finally came to the conclusion, or at least I did, that some cows are liars!

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we were always told it was a partly cowdy day

SEels to me that crappie hate sunlight more then anything else I've considered,,, when it's cloudy and slightly windy the fish feel safe and eat a lot more then days when the sun is glaring in their eyes and see right to the bottom of your boat,,,

I've tried keeping notes on hunting and fishing. Never been able to prove anything with it. I just go fish. I will say this crappie will bite most of the time, this is why they are my favorite fish.

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Don't know, but I do know the day or two before a storm my fishing is normally well above average and if the storm is fishable the first day (say a light sprinkle) the fishing always seems to be great.

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Originally Posted by Takeum

SEels to me that crappie hate sunlight more then anything else I've considered,,, when it's cloudy and slightly windy the fish feel safe and eat a lot more then days when the sun is glaring in their eyes and see right to the bottom of your boat,,,

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To me where I fish it's the opposite if it's sunny I can catch them and they are usually together but if it's cloudy they seem to be scattered out and harder to catch.