Low Pressure Makes the Fishing Better!

I was a fisherman long before I ever picked up a gun or a bow. My grandfather had a bait shop in Missouri and I can remember taking bubble baths as a kid with Twister Tails and minnow soft baits in the tub. Now that hunting seasons are over, I'm turning my attention back to my original outdoor passion: fishing.

One thing that has held steady in 20 years of fishing, low pressure makes the fishing better. I think it's analogous to when people raid the grocery store before a big storm. It's natural for animals to feed aggressively when the weather turns foul. Fish can sense the storm coming as the barometric pressure drops and they instinctively prepare for the worst.

What a SLAB! 3.5lbs of delicious Crappie caught on a minnow!
Photo credit- Garett

Check out this picture from a reader over in the Omaha area. We had a major winter storm moving in this weekend with relatively low barometric pressure. But that same bad weather made for some good fishing. True, ice fishing is becoming dangerous in most of the area and the Iowa DNR is not recommending anyone ice fish south of Highway 30, but shore fishing the open waters is paying off! Low pressure is in the forecast for Monday Evening into early Tuesday morning and another local low pressure will move in Thursday evening.

Those two time frames match up nicely with the normal evening increase in feeding activity and would be the best times this week to take the tackle for a spin. So bundle up and get out to enjoy the peace of cool season fishing. Good luck!