Pattern fishing for the SPRING surf? (bay and ocean, your thoughts?)
Dark was talking about pattern fishing.
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Originally Posted by
DarkSkies
So knowing that, and that the last time we had a pending front coming in, some nice fish were caught in front of it.....I was compelled to be out there. The strategy of doing that with the change in barometric pressure, should be part of any fisherman's mind set and help you set patterns in your head when you should be out there.
Some things I have learned re: a pattern --
When the water is cold, worms are the #1 bait.
As the water warms, fish will get active and eat the clams.
It's usually better in the earliest spring to fish the outgoing, but if there is icy runoff in the rivers, concentrate on the incoming.
Noreasters are bad for fishing as they muck things up (Waiting for Dark to chime in with wst wind wally:HappyWave:)
The beginning day or half day before a storm can put the fish on the feed bag, but this all depends on water temps.
Is there anything else you guys can add to this?
When is a good time to switch over to plugging so you will have better success?
Be willing to change your perspective as conditions change
The above title says it all to me.
Lately a lot of folks here have been doing better on the incoming. Of course, that depends on where you fish, as some areas, like inlets and rips, are tide specific.
Last night I did well on the ebb tide.
Looking at what happened, I would say that the bite was bait-specific, rather than tide-specific. I didn't fish the flood. That could have been productive as well, as long as the rainfish that have recently come around were there.
This was my analysis after the fact, and self-knowledge that you have to try to identify even a slight pattern, if it does exist. The most important question to ask yourselves here....is "why? " :learn:
"The most productive part of the tide was deep into the night. It seemed there were less people out and about. I'll fish that tide pattern until the weather or bait presence changes."