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| Looking for clarification and info on weather patterns that affect us as musky fisherman. I'm not necesarily concerned with the "why" cold fronts and warm fronts happen, but rather what they look like from my boat. When you are out fishing and the thick black clouds come rolling in, aka. primetime, this is a cold front or warm front? The day you are out there with barely a cloud in the bright blue sky, no wind, very calm, this is post cold front? When some people refer to "extreme cold front conditions",i.e. tough fishing, forcing us to throw slower and smaller,what does that exactly look like? (I'm pretty sure I know that one, after 15 degree night at the Cave and very cold windy conditions the next couple of days) What does a warm front look like? I hear these terms all the time, and have fished through all sorts of different conditions, just have never been educated enough to know the correct terminology for what the weather was doing at the time. Forgive my stupidity in such a basic question. [:blackeye:] | |
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| Cold front-quickly passing through t-storms, tall “anvil head” clouds
Warm front- cloudy long lasting rainy days, low ceiling evenly covering clouds
Bluebird mile high sky – high pressure
Cloudy “musky day” – low pressure
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| A cold front here is generally preceded by rains, some wind + then real clear calm weather....the same w/ a warm front at times when coming from the gulf coast...we also suffer from nor'easters which bring rain/wind + bummer weather...have had some great fish just before they really kick in! Often times birds/animals will let you know when a big blow is coming in....[:sun:] | |
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| There are distinct differences in the way cold fronts and warm fronts appear. Cooler air knifing under warmer, humid air is a relatively fast process. On warm, muggy spring and summer days and nights, those white popcorn, or grey mamma (sagging cup shaped, "mammary")type clouds indicate rising unstable air contacting cooler air. This means you need to be thinking of getting off the water, though many of us want to be on the water for the before the storm bite. When the weather is hot and muggy, we ought to be frequently checking the western half of the horizon for cloud formation or changes in cloud color. In the north and midwest these fronts come from the west moving east about 85% of the time. Warm fronts are more blunt than cold fronts, and move slower. Lots of times they are heralded by some stratus looking, or smooth type clouds, higher in the sky. They move in usually without the notice of cold fronts. As stated previous, they keep lighter precipitation hanging around. Don't mean to sound like a know it all, but I teach this stuff, and really get into it. Hope this helps while you're on the water. Be careful, good luck.
Don
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| I will make this so simple. If I am fishing that lake, there is either a cold front, windy, cold and rainy or a bluebird day after the cold front. Either way you are &*%@$ed! | |
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| FLASHBACK!!!! | |
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| There was a great article on this very subject in the spring issue of MHM. Check it out it lets you know what the fronts looks like from your boat. [:sun:] | |
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| Weather patterns that affect us as musky fisherman: Putting the best odds in our favor:
A warm front would be associated with south to south/west winds and is better (fish activity wise) than a cold front, generally.
The passing of the cold front and I emphasizes the passing, because it's the passing of the front that dose all the damage to fish activity, (instability). The passing of the c.f. would be associated with north, to north/east or north/west winds and bright high sky's. The next time a cold front passes, look to the sky and notice the vapor trails on the aircrafts (moisture in the air) and compare that to a vapor trail 4 days after the "last" cold front,, if your lucky to get 4 days.
The day you are out there with barely a cloud in the bright blue sky, no wind, very calm: Would be a day or so after the c.f. has passed and a high pressure system has parked over head. As you said generally "tough fishing". Also this would be the time if given the choice to stay home, but if your stuck fish such a condition (ha, ha) then deeper water must be checked,, One thing to remember, the normal sanctuary depth for the mass of school of fish (muskies) on a normal fishing day is 45'-55'. So under an extreme cold front condition they would drop down much deeper. [:blackeye:]
Deep water is the only place a fish can find a stable condition.
One thing I hear all the time,, cloudiness equals fish activity, and this is NOT so! While it's low light that will produce our best catches,, it's low light accompanied with "stability" in the weather and water condition at the time we go fishing that will put the best odds in our favor! [:praise:]
Below is one of 8 fish caught Thursday on a good weather and water condition. From 36" to 42" in depths of 12' down to 30'. | |
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| I have a heck of a time getting pictures up on here. | |
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| Try again Jerry...
I will clean up the mess if you have a few that the server does not take. I normally have to try twice also.[:)] | |
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| Thanks, here goes [:halo:] | |
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