I have noticed over the last two years that after a cold front comes through it takes the wipers about two days to start biting consistantly again. Have any of you guys had any other results? Just wondering what your opinions were. I keep waiting for some good weather to go fishing, but maybe I'm wasting some good days thinking about it.
Travis.
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A couple years ago I was fishing Willard by the sunken island. The wind was blowing from the south and there was a good wiper boil going with lots of fish being caught. The wind suddenly switched from the south to out of the north, as a cold front reached Willard, the boil instantly stopped and no further wipers were caught. I saw basically the same thing happen at Strawberry once; however, I have also seen it make absolutely no difference at Strawberry and other places fishing for trout, sometimes it has even made the fishing better.
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For me I've noticed that a cold front can have some adverse affects on warm water fish. However as Ken was saying fish like trout aren't as affected. I've kinda been waiting for some steady weather myself, but it's kind of pointless. The barometric pressure can affect fish and their eating habits as well as a sudden change in wind or temperature. In a month or two though, there will be a lot of people saying that when it's 100 degrees out, that can cause fish to be lax. So your very rarely gonna have ideal conditions. The best thing is just to get out on the water, and stick to your game. Whether it's fly fishing jigging, or whatever you do best.
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There's tons of published info on the affects of weather and fish. Without a doubt, the best time to fish is on the leading edge of a cold front. Even as the storm rolls in the fishing can continue to be excellent. But once that cold front passes through and you're left with clear skies and calm weather, the fish seem to turn off. They can still be caught, generally fishing slower and deeper, but the fishing will be nothing like it was before the front came through. And as most people have noted, it takes several days of warm weather once the high pressure system has settled in for the fish to become active again.