Northwest Fishing Reports

Can someone enlighten me on what is general thought as to the effect of a "Cold Front" or a change up in the weather when it rolls through our area, on bass fishing? So in the Puget Sound region we have been in a pretty good weather cycle for the past few weeks. Starting yesterday it all started to change up to wind, temp drops, clouds.
Does this usually make the bass bite pick up or fall off?

Depends on the time of year.

Spring cold fronts and bad weather is bad. Very bad.

Hot part of the summer rain usually turns on the fish as the rain will oxgenate the water and cool it down some. And knock food items off the trees and docks, and wash them down slopes into the lake, streams, and rivers. The bass know this and go hunting.

Fall can go both ways depending on the week's weather before the front.

Winter forget about it, too cold anyway.

In my opinion, there are far too many variables involved to offer a simple answer to your question. My advice: If you have time, go fishing.

Quad, I went through a similar discussion like this last year. The consensus was (like AMX and tag posted) there are rules of thumb, but all subject to change due to variables (location, body of water, fish, etc.). Another thought was that smaller fish are less effected.
Do a search on barometric pressure and fishing and you'll find a lot of info/opinions (some conflicting) on how it affects the bite.
I have spent time watching the NOAA barometric pressure tables and trying to apply it to my trout and bass fishing trips. I never could get a consistent result.

Here is a link to the site if you're interested. You can plug in the dates and timeframe that you're interested in to see trends or specific time points.
NOAA Data Retrival

well i cant talk on fronts but it seems i have some of my best days fishing the weather right before it gets nasty or changes

The Quadfather wrote:Can someone enlighten me on what is general thought as to the effect of a "Cold Front" or a change up in the weather when it rolls through our area, on bass fishing? So in the Puget Sound region we have been in a pretty good weather cycle for the past few weeks. Starting yesterday it all started to change up to wind, temp drops, clouds.
Does this usually make the bass bite pick up or fall off?

Post-frontal, post storms fishing usually has not been as easy as ahead of or during the storms. There is probably a good scientific explanation for how changes in atmospheric pressure effect bass. I've always heard that a big rise in atmospheric pressure effects fishing for the worse. I'd be inclined to believe there is some truth to that from my own experience, but I don't think that is the complete picture. I'd still take the opportunity to go fishing, though, because I've been shut out on the best days and done well when people said it wasn't even a good day to go.