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| How close does a front have to be before it starts to influence the fishing?? And, how much of a front does it take???
Just for example it has been hot and humid here in Wisconsin for the last couple weeks (high 80's to mid 90's with heat index at or near 100). A front was scheduled to come through yesterday. I was planning on fishing but decided not to due to the holiday boat traffic and not wanting to get P-d off. Anyway, I checked the weather at 10:00pm and found the front had not gone through my area yet. I fish the Madison area and at 10 the front was still in the Wausau area. In addition the cold front that was scheduled to come through is only supposed to drop the high temps about 2-3 degrees.
Was this front (approx 2 hours away) close enough to effect the fishing in Madison and is a 2-3 degree temperature change enough of an influence to do the same??
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| Personally I have seen it hit peak at no specific time before a storm,,This spring we had a front approaching and about 5hrs before it hit the fish were crazy follows every 4-5 casts then after about 45 minnutes of this they stopped dead with nothing for the next 4 hrs until the storm actually broke loose, Other times right before the storm hits,,Now when I can if I heard theres a front comming I just go has soon has I can because there seems to be 'windows' of activity that come at random times. | |
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| Scott-
That's not really much of a front. It may be the same mass of air that has released some heat on the backside via a light shower. With that small of a temp gradient there may not be much of a drop in pressure. Many have noticed in bass fishing that in a very narrow timeframe (hour and less)right before a major low arrives, bringing with it a strong gust front and rain, the fish really turn on. I can remember three big bass on three successive casts less than 10 minutes before a powerful storm hit- the weather was deteriorating rapidly. Almost no hits during the entire hot and cloudy day before that, and I did not change spots or presentation. This has happened more than once. Then again, I was bass fishing, something I now spend almost no time doing. Are muskie the same??? Is it a weather related change in the behavior of baitfish that triggers the predators? I've often wondered if acute weather changes somehow affect the "behavior" of the microoganisms/arthropods that fuel the food chain, thus causing more widespread feeding.
I know that you also realize the importance of eliminating the risk of getting hit by lightning. I have a section of lightning struck tree trunk that I keep in my classroom to help remind me how close (about 60 yards)I came last year to getting hit.
Be safe Scott.
All the best,
Don
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| Its seems like two or three hours before are the best. When the "Calm" before the storm hits...its normally dead and too late.[;)] | |
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