These apps are great in hindsight. Yesterday was a beaut of a day at the dam but not a single bite or nibble. As I pulled in the last line , a bluegill must have felt sorry for me and jumped on my hook (through the chin) Needles to say that the app I use, showed very poor conditions for yesterday. The bass guys however had reasonable luck.
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For carp in particular I've found that when a cold front approaches there's zero activity, but as soon as the front breaks and it starts raining the fish go bananas. My 3 most memorable carp fishing sessions all happened exactly that way - the first two being luck of being at the right place at the right time and the third time the penny had dropped and I went fishing in the rain.
In the salt it seems to be a little less predictable, I guess because there are more variables involved. I caught my PB grunter of 6kg with a thunder storm fast approaching - I was wading a mud flat and at one point during the fight panicked a little because of the lightning and actually considered breaking off to run for cover.
On the other hand I've blanked in seemingly perfect conditions as well as atrocious conditions and at other times got some of my biggest fish on clear, calm days when I thought it was hopeless.
Ultimately I don't get to fish often enough to be picky about conditions anyway, if it's not life threatening I'll be out there. As my dad always says, there are only two good fishing times: when it rains and when it doesn't.
In the salt it seems to be a little less predictable, I guess because there are more variables involved. I caught my PB grunter of 6kg with a thunder storm fast approaching - I was wading a mud flat and at one point during the fight panicked a little because of the lightning and actually considered breaking off to run for cover.
On the other hand I've blanked in seemingly perfect conditions as well as atrocious conditions and at other times got some of my biggest fish on clear, calm days when I thought it was hopeless.
Ultimately I don't get to fish often enough to be picky about conditions anyway, if it's not life threatening I'll be out there. As my dad always says, there are only two good fishing times: when it rains and when it doesn't.
How many times have you stood at your fav fishing spot...the wind is right, the water is right - everything seems perfect - you have the best and freshest bait - but you spend the entire session holding pole
And then there are those times where you have a couple of hours off, the weather is terrible, the water is ice-cold, you scratch together a couple of scraps of old bait out the freezer and head off to the closest beach for a throw, not because you are confident of catching something but just because you need to get out a bit; and BANG!!! you go vas and land a decent fish. Everything you thought you knew about fishing goes out the window.
As far as I am concerned, the best day to go fishing is TODAY!
And then there are those times where you have a couple of hours off, the weather is terrible, the water is ice-cold, you scratch together a couple of scraps of old bait out the freezer and head off to the closest beach for a throw, not because you are confident of catching something but just because you need to get out a bit; and BANG!!! you go vas and land a decent fish. Everything you thought you knew about fishing goes out the window.
As far as I am concerned, the best day to go fishing is TODAY!