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| Absolute best fishing conditions...give me your situation--
Barometric Pressure (#, Falling, Rising):
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Location: Wisconsin |
Barometric Pressure : A big change in the pressure (rising or falling)
Wind Direction: S, SW, or W
Moon Phase: Full (moon rise at sunset)
If all of these conditions occur at the same time, make sure that you are on your favorite muskie spot throwing your favorite lure.
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| I prefer the pressure to be dropping, bottomed out or on the way back up after bottoming out, basically anywhere close to the lowest pressure point of the day. Any weather moving in with the front is a bonus. As for wind? I like a South wind early in the spring, summer I prefer W/SW and late in the fall I prefer a NW wind, unless it's blowing 40 MPH...
I've not had the best luck on the full moon and new moon, but a few days after and a few days before seems to be best, and I'll take the period from an hour before moonrise to an hour after please... |
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| in the shortest possible answer- anytime there is a drastic time in weather. Preferably the first cold front of the fall. Or maybe before an afternoon storm in the summer.
It seems like a clear, warm summer evening at and after sunset can also be a magical time for skies.
Edited by 619musky 5/26/2009 3:51 PM
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| i don't care what it is ... but, i want to be there at the moment it changes. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | What Sled said.
That rhymes. Weird. |
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Location: Minnesota | Does anyone record and track the actual barometric pressure? Or are you just tracking that it is rising/falling/steady? |
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| For the big fish entries, if we had time of day and closest town/city entry, you could compare that to local hour by hour barometric pressure and really start seeing when big fish are caught. I'd follow that info for sure...at least the fish caught in my area. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | muskylog.com - 5/27/2009 4:26 AM
Does anyone record and track the actual barometric pressure? Or are you just tracking that it is rising/falling/steady?
Rising.Falling or Steady.
Perfect example this past weekend Saturday AM it was dropping then started to rise fish were active then it stabilized and nothing. I think with cool spring water Baro is even more important. During the warmer water if summer it isn't as necessary to get things moving.
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | I haven't a clue what the best conditions for the fish are. Our best day ever had moderately strong late Summer East winds with the weather changing daily, but nothing extreme, for the three days prior, so no rhyme or reason, just that the fish bit. Next best was stable summer weather for four days in a row and it continued for another two after the best bite.
I've gone out after three scorching calm days with a dilly of a T-storm heading in and it was like fishing the dead sea, both before and after. Guess the fish were at a garden party 'cause they sure weren't on the prime spots chowin' down! On the opposite side, I've gambled our safety for less than an hour between waves of T-storms in a little ugly dark but calm window and just hammered a few before the lightening started up again and drove us back to the resort dock about 1/4 mile away. Raced out again after the storms and zip!
Generalizations on conditions can be helpful but the fish follow no rules except one, they do whatever they want, when they want, for reasons you can only guess and that makes it fun. I can think of nothing worse than a hand held computer with a list of questions you'd answer about the conditions that would define exactly what to use, how to work it and where and when to fish it. "No need for skill or experience, just dial up a trophy!" Yuck!
If I had my choice I'd take a late summer day, fairly calm, cloudy, a little misty drizzle, warm but not hot, with stable or slightly rising temps over the last few days, with the moon rising as the sun was setting. Not so much from the standpoint that's what the fish want, but what makes me comfortable and gives me confidence. The less time I spend on boat positioning the more I can concentrate on presentation, which can be an advantage. The less the fish can see the more I can get away with. The more background noise for the fish to deal with the more I can make without alerting the fish. The more astronomical factors triggering a positive mood in the fish the better. The more defined the feeding window the better my chances will be of finding the fish I'm after on prime structure. At least that's what I'd like to think! |
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Location: Almond, WI | Overcast and a little wind (5-12mph). Ideally, the barometer is falling with a SW wind. |
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Location: Houlton, WI | A full moon at night or during a overcast day |
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| West winds have always been good for me!! At least durning summer and fall. I don't like fishing in the wind durning the Spring because I am always looking for warmer water.
Edited by 50"skie 5/28/2009 10:27 PM
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Location: Madison Wi. Chain | It might just be a confidence thing, but when the humidity feels like you can cut it with a knife and it is hard to breath. Get out on the water, BG as in, that there fish is a BIGGUN! |
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