Feathers and Fins Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 With this front coming through I was thinking about how people experiences are with them. For me I don't find them so much a problem when there is no precipitation as I do when there is. I have had Great days after fronts Fall, Spring and Winter, but if there is a lot of rain it seems they shut the fish off for a day or so after them. I just have to look more with the sonar it seems to find fish but when I do I can pick them off. Just curious what others experience. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
Quillback Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Man, this one is so cold and looks to be a cold week coming up, I probably won't be on the water for at least another week. I need air temps above freezing in the morning, and maybe a warmup into the 40's.
Jeff Olson Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 I will 2nd that one Scott. My experiences with rainy fronts is that it is just tough! So far what I have seen down here in Mo. is the same as up in WI. A buddy and I fish a walleye tournament every spring on the Mississippi in Red Wing, Mn. We will pre-fish wed. thru Friday and find the fish and then come Sat. and Sunday, Rain! and the bite gets tough! It is Crazy how this has happened about 6 out of the last 7 years. ( that's just the reason I remember the rainy fronts so well! ) About the only fishing I know it is ok is Trout fishing in creeks when you are using crawlers or worms! I hope the ducks make it your way this week!
fishinwrench Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 I have one little area located that is my savior during even the nastiest of cold fronts. All it consists of is the mouth area of a very small spring creek with a constant flow of no more than maybe 20-25cfs and a maximum water depth of only 6-8ft. where it enters the lake. There is never a drastic measurable water temp difference in the area but there is always something there that will bite. One day it might be Whites, the next day LM or Crappie, but it is like the fish take turns feeding there. Never have I fished it and caught a mixed bag, but there is ALWAYS something biting there. I have searched the lake high and low trying to find similar areas but I have found none as dependable as the one I speak of. I have no idea what sets it apart from other spring influences, it just seems to have something magical going on with it.
Norm M Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 this last blast of cold has put enough ice on the river to make it unfishable. all the still water is froze completely over . it's never good to have kidney stone issues but if you have to deal with it, better now when I can't fish. other than that , I take the conditions a front brings and deal with it. the fish adapt, so I should too. what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
jdmidwest Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 While temps are a factor with fronts, it is the pressure change that affects the fish the most. Get a barometer and see how much it changes. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
fishinwrench Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 While temps are a factor with fronts, it is the pressure change that affects the fish the most. Get a barometer and see how much it changes. I believe a study was done that pretty much laid that theory to rest. A depth change of less than 3' equates to more of a pressure change on a fishes innards than any seasonal or frontal atmospheric pressure possible.
bfishn Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I have one little area located that is my savior during even the nastiest of cold fronts... ...I have no idea what sets it apart from other spring influences, it just seems to have something magical going on with it. I'm guilty of heading for springs under changing frontal conditions. And yeah, some are consistently better. Since Ozark springs at the proper elevation to feed a lake instead of drain it are relatively "fresh" water, (having recently fallen as precipitation), they're subject to local near-surface chemical inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus. The recharge area for each spring can be a mile or more away though, so the fertility source(s) aren't always obvious from a boat. A similar but less desirable event occurs after the first flushing of calcium or whatever deicer your road crews use into the aquifers. If a large area of road runoff concentrates in a small recharge area, it can run everything off in a hurry. As for fronts, they're like an old girlfriend you only thought you missed... glad to see them arrive, and quick to wish they'd leave. :-) I can't dance like I used to.
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