Air pressure

wat is the rule of thumb wiv air pressure, do u av more chance of catching wen the A P is rising or falling???

cavemandom wrote:wat is the rule of thumb wiv air pressure, do u av more chance of catching wen the A P is rising or falling???

just go fishing anyways is my answer but if you are confident when the air pressure is falling or rising go for it  think its like the moon phase theory ..........go with your own accessment  on the day

You've a chance of catching fish under most conditions , as long as you have a bait in the water .

Rich_ wrote:You've a chance of catching fish under most conditions , as long as you have a bait in the water .

how true mate:D 

stubbo wrote:

Rich_ wrote:You've a chance of catching fish under most conditions , as long as you have a bait in the water .

how true mate:D 

better still, being in the right area AND having you're bait in the water.

Overcast and low pressure best,  but don't take anything as gospel. Only time I don't bother piking is when it's raining........

kevo wrote:Overcast and low pressure best,  but don't take anything as gospel. Only time I don't bother piking is when it's raining........

had a few good fish in the rain over the years if it rains it rains.............

I,m not bothered about air pressure too much but I do think wind direction can deffo affect things

gotta say agree with decent bait in correct aeea does it for me and agree pike plus rain = no fish

Best time to go piking is when ever you have spare time come rain air pressure moon phase or what ever   
If you are there with a bait in the water you have every chance of catching   
I've had pike in all weathers but the weather I hate most is clear sky and sunshine and flat calm   
And best weather for me is overcast and a slight breeze giving a bit of a chop on the water rain makes no difference unless its a heavy storm that will put them off a bit   

As I'm from the north east and have next to nothing in the way of stillwaters almost all of my piking is done on the rivers, I can honestly say I've been piking for over 10 years now and never had a run let alone a pike in the rain. But that said also when fishing on the lochs I've had run after run, but when it rained the runs ceased then when it stopped the runs started again. One morning it was forecast rain all day so I stayed in the caravan while my mate went out, he never had a run all day. I've spoke to a lot of pikers on the subject and nearly all of them say the same....rain = no pike. My theory is all that vibration from when the rain hits the water is picked up by the pikes neuromast system and sends it into a state of confusion and knocks it off the feed, just a theory though. But if others have had pike in the rain then I would be very interested if anyone has any other thoeries .....I would say that 70% of fishing is been in the right place at the right time....

probably 50 percent of my pike have been caught in the rain and the bigger pike my first twenty was caught in a day when it hammered down all day long got no problem fishing in the rain if you think about it the sky will be overcast and a bit of wind to me that's perfect pike conditions but having said that there are a lot of fair weather pikers out there who like to put on there bivy slippers on and zip up .

I have a limited time to pike fish and no matter what the weather I optimise my time no matter what the weather and it nearly always pays off but that's just me not having a go at anyone by the way I think once people get it in there head you don't catch in the rain they will never have the confidence to carry on fishing but you could miss out big time

I agree we should get on the bank as much as possible and by doing so will increase your chances of hooking into a fish or two, but this is not a decision I've taken lightly and by no means saying to anglers don't go piking in the rain. This is my own personal preference and a decision I've took after having blanked so many times.