Henderson Scratch......1/12/15

and I mean not one fish in the boat.....had one bite....got it almost to the boat and he/she won the battle....talked to one guy that caught 22 Saturday but none today....talked to several more that also did not have any.....perfect day to be out tho.....I love fishing in the fog.....still a good current by the RR piling.....took the picture of my lowrance there......they are always passing by there just could not get a bite.....also tried north Pelba and the west side of the lake but nutin doing..... lots of black water around....

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​Well, it's more fun to catch 'em, but even when you don't it's still fun to go. Better luck next time.

Thanks for the report and pictures just wish you could have caught some for supper!

Tightline?

Bruce I had a similar story from Palmetto yesterday. I managed 4 and a bass. A bank fisherman whom I had met before told me he had 30 the day before. He only caught 2 yesterday. Weird how one day can be such a difference. I left at 1:00 when the North wind picked up and it seemed colder.

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Tightline?

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cork.....see picture.....2 poles....2 depths.....7' & 14'.......

They'll turn back on soon I'm sure...thanks for the pics��

Thanks for the pictures Mr. Bruce. I love to fish in the fog too, until I hear another boat coming towards me at Mach 2. Maybe they will bite on 3-28.

Was that the water temp every where you went. I know the west side the lake had water temps 59 deg 1 week ago

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Was that the water temp every where you went. I know the west side the lake had water temps 59 deg 1 week ago

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Pelba was 2 deg warmer (47.9)......sorry, don't remember what it was on the west end.....

Hey PS,

So .. my thinking is that there is an direct link between barometric pressure and fish activity ..

So..what says you?:dono

Can you send me the link?:biggrin

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Hey PS,

So .. my thinking is that there is an direct link between barometric pressure and fish activity ..

So..what says you?:dono

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that's what I hear from a lot of folks.....but, quite frankly, I just don't know and I never have kept a diary of my trips.....even if I knew, I would never let BP stop me from going.....I just enjoy being out there.....something about seeing that cork go down.....

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Hey PS,

So .. my thinking is that there is an direct link between barometric pressure and fish activity ..

So..what says you?:dono

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Absolutely

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Hey PS,

So .. my thinking is that there is an direct link between barometric pressure and fish activity ..

So..what says you?:dono

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I'm thinking that barometer is a hard one to figure. I inherited one last July and have been watching it close. I had good trips around 30.4 which some say is too high. It's confusing on a nation wide forum when folks talk numbers that vary so much with altitude. Lafayette is 30.15 now Box Elder Montana has 27.05. That would be a bad storm here. I think it's just one of many factors and doubt if any number will keep me home if other things say go.

Water temp is another thing I don't worry about. My Humminbird just gives the surface and who knows what it is down where the fish are holding. It's just me, but I never look at that on my Hummer.

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Hey PS,

So .. my thinking is that there is an direct link between barometric pressure and fish activity ..

So..what says you?:dono

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You know the trip right after new year I took in pigeon, I was documenting the weather in a fishing journal I started last week...I looked up a weather archive on one of Baton Rouge's news network websites. I couldn't buy a bite in the morning but I found em in a canal and did well after 1030 till about 130. I noticed on the weather archive a stark drop in the pressure at precisely 11:00 till 1:00 in Baton Rouge...so scientifically its impossible to say if I found the right area, or if the fish just went crazy for 2 hrs...or the more probable theory - a little of both...In my mind pressure definitely affects them....

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Hey PS,

So .. my thinking is that there is an direct link between barometric pressure and fish activity ..

So..what says you?:dono

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I have often wondered about such things. When I apply the math to it I think in terms of this:

1" Hg @ 32°F is 0.49 psi of atmospheric pressure difference

With a freshwater hydrostatic column at 3 ft., a fish experiences roughly 1.3 psi
If said fish moved to 12 ft., the pressure would be 5.2 psi

So, it appears to me, that atmospheric pressure has little do with how the fish feels, they would just move in the column of water that suits them. I am no biologist, so have no idea.

Randy,
I never thought of the severe pressure gradient in the water column as compared to the air pressure...you just blew my mind...POOF!

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You know the trip right after new year I took in pigeon, I was documenting the weather in a fishing journal I started last week...I looked up a weather archive on one of Baton Rouge's news network websites. I couldn't buy a bite in the morning but I found em in a canal and did well after 1030 till about 130. I noticed on the weather archive a stark drop in the pressure at precisely 11:00 till 1:00 in Baton Rouge...so scientifically its impossible to say if I found the right area, or if the fish just went crazy for 2 hrs...or the more probable theory - a little of both...In my mind pressure definitely affects them....

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Yes GF, I remember. I also remember you not PMing which canal it was.:biggrin

JR,
Sorry about that, must have slipped my mind...it was that canal that runs north and south that connects to the ones that run east and west...:Rofl

IMO

Simply stated, barometric pressure does not change quickly enough to magically turn the bite on or off. It certainly is one of the ingredients in the overall weather process, but temperature, cloud cover, wind direction and speed, and humidity can also affect fishing conditions. More importantly, the rate and amount of change in barometric pressure is insignificant compared to what’s going on below the surface.

It’s a happy notion that one could simply consult the mercury column each morning to know whether it’s a better day for work or fishing, but it’s unlikely that barometric pressure alone can trigger the sudden bite that angling’s common wisdom often asserts.

[QUOTE=GONFISHN;2879193]JR,
Sorry about that, must have slipped my mind...it was that canal that runs north and south that connects to the ones that run east and west...:Rofl[

"What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis? :dono

Someone posted this on the main forum but I'll repeat it here for those that don't read the main forum. Even when you're not catching there is still a lot going on underwater.
"gene"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKbvl36vZg

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Someone posted this on the main forum but I'll repeat it here for those that don't read the main forum. Even when you're not catching there is still a lot going on underwater.
"gene"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKbvl36vZg

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That's one of the neatest videos I've seen yet. Be sure and read the comments.

PPG look what you have done to me now. I did a youtube search on "underwater crappie videos" and I can't stop watching. :)

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LOL

Cool video.

I don't base my trips on what the barometer says, I just go when I can. But I have been out catching fish in shallow water as a cold front approached and as soon as the wind turned out of the north the bite shut off. I don't think it affects deep water fish as much.