The best time to fish

[HD]

The best time to go fishing is whenever you can, but if you want to increase your fishing success as far as time is concerned, I have a few suggestions. First of all, "pick your days if possible, and stay away from 'cold fronts', or days when the air temperature drops sharply and the winds blow briskly from any direction that include North!"

Weather systems play a major role in fish activity, so if possible "choose the warm days with partly cloudy skies and moderate winds that blow from any direction that includes South! Fish the early morning and late evening hours on those clear bright days when the sun's rays are most direct. Also, take advantage of the annual season's fishing peaks and migrations. And lastly, watch the birds and animals. When they are out and actively feeding, the fishing will usually be good!

As a rule . . . cloudy days are better than clear days, & warm days are better than cool days. Windy days are also better than calm days! Also remember . . . "When the wind's from the west . . . the fish bite the best. When the wind's from the east . . . the fish bite the least! When the wind's from the south . . . the hook goes right into the fish's mouth!"

[dew2]

When da wind is from da east fish bite da least
When da wind is from da west da fish bite da best.

[Bobby Bass]

With several decades of fishing under my belt the best time to go fishing is when ever you can. Calm days have been very good for me fishing topwater for bass but also stormy days have produced fish that should not be where they were caught. I have always caught more fish out on the water then sitting on the deck wondering if I should go fishing or not. I tend not to remember the days that I don't catch fish but I do remember those days when I caught fish and had the lake to myself because it was not a good day to go fishing. If I was going to pick a time it would be late afternoon but the best time is an hour before sunset. A lot of times I will fish the evening and when I get to the bewitchin hour I will run and gun to the spots that I have already caught fish or have had a hit. Many a time I might catch four or five fish in three hours and then run and gun and catch a dozen in an hour.