How the barometric pressure influences fishing.

Wikipedia gives us a detailed explanation on how barometric pressure work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_pressure

From the Wikipedia article the average sea level pressure is 1013.25hPa. In general fish are more active when the sea level pressure is above average. A slight change in the sea level pressure will have an effect on fishing activity depending on how deep the water is where you are planning to fish. 
The deeper the water the smaller the effect will be. From my personal experience the best fishing time is when the barometric pressure is dropping from a high i.e. 1025hPa (normally good weather conditions).

So get your line in the water as soon as you start noticing a drop in barometric pressure and the weather report indicates that bad weather is on its way. The contrary also apply just after bad weather when Barometric pressure rises and it looks like the weather starts to improve, hence you also have a good chance to catch some fish.

Seems like fish are like humans, in bad weather they want to snug in but before they do that they need to fill their tummies.

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Tight Lines!

Christian.

Pressure Trend	Typical Weather	Fishing Trends	Suggested Tactics
High	Clear skies	Fish slow down, find cover or go to deeper waters.	Slow down lures and use baits more attractive to fish. Fish in cover and in deeper waters.
Rising	Clearing or improving	Fish tend to become slightly more active	Fish with brighter lures and near cover. Also fish at intermediate and deeper depths.
Normal and stable	Fair	Normal fishing	Experiment with your favourite baits and lures.
Falling	Degrading	Most active fishing	Speed up lures. Surface and shallow running lures may work well.
Slightly lower	Usually cloudy	Many fish will head away from cover and seek shallower waters. Some fish will become more aggressive.	Use shallow running lures at a moderate speed.
Low	Rainy and stormy	Fish will tend to become less active the longer this period remains.	As the action subsides, try fishing at deeper depths.