Tips for Adjusting to the Weather | WAYPOINT
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In this episode of Sweetwater, hosts Joey Nania and Miles Burghoff spend a day fishing on Nickajack Lake to hit the late fall bass bite. After unhitching their Nitro boat off their B&W trailer hitch, they head out for a versatile day on the water with changing weather conditions forcing them to shift their strategies, acting as a great example of how an angler can adjust to stay with the fish… Read the full article HERE
PRE-FRONTAL CONDITIONS
The biggest factor that will affect how you fish on any given day will be the weather conditions. Fish act differently on a warm, sunny day than they do if it’s cold and rainy. Temperature isn’t the only variable involved. Fish react to changes in barometric pressure as well as wind and its effect on the surface of the water. The day started out for Nania and Burghoff as a beautiful bluebird day with clear skies and sunny disposition. Read the full article HERE
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FRONTAL CONDITIONS
“As the day progressed it started getting a little windier, and you know that’s a sign of a front coming through,” says Burghoff, “and with that changing weather, we definitely saw a difference in the bite. The fish were changing with the conditions, and we had to change with them.” Read the full article HERE
POST-FRONTAL CONDITIONS
As the rain and wind subside, the pressure changes yet again and forces our anglers to adjust their strategy once more. For these conditions, Burghoff recommends using a slower presentation and advocates Nania’s idea to use a jerk bait. “Throwing a jerk bait is one of those things that I just know...if I can get it in their sight range or in their range where they can sense that bait, it really has such a triggering affect to it,” says Nania, “Rip it down and give it a few cracks upward...there’s something about it, it’s like it’s getting away from them.” Read the full article HERE
Want more insight on meeting changing conditions? Check out the full episode below and see some of the techniques discussed here employed as Burghoff and Nania battle the elements on S6:E3 of Sweetwater.
