Loving this weather, but what does it do for fishing? Different kinds of fish react differently to certain kinds of weather and air pressure.
Fish are just like people – they eat every day and prefer certain kinds of weather over others. For instance, some fish hate the rain and wind and will go deeper underwater.
Others, such as trout and sunfish, are insect-eating fish. When it rains, insects get knocked into the water, so these fish will be biting more and staying close to the surface in a downpour.
Fish like largemouth bass will come closer to the banks if it’s windy. This is because small baitfish such as sunfish will be pushed toward the bank with the wind or will follow insects blown to the bank. Bass will eat the small fish that are in turn eating the insects.
Nice weather is not always the best fishing weather. On hot days, fish usually go deeper into cooler waters. This is one of the reasons people tend to fish early in the morning or early in the evening during the summer.
When a cold front is coming in, like now, fish will bite more than any other time. Fishing has been fantastic these few days.
Great reports on Table Rock on bass of all types and river fishing has produced some bigger trout these last few weeks (like this one pictured). Scott, Steve, and Jim fished with us this last week. They caught multiple trout over the 16-in. mark. This one was a healthy 21-incher weighing in just over three pounds.
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