We've already talked about how to read a barometer and interpret it's measurements; we've also discussed about all the possible types of barometers - may it be a mercury, aneroid, digital, pocket or any other type of barometer - but we haven't yet talked about the way a barometer could be used for fishing. Barometers are usually used to measure the atmospheric pressure and for weather forecasting. According to a certain study published in the in-fisher magazine the weather conditions affect the feeding behavior of fish. Apparently they've discovered that when a cold front is building up the fish will be more eager to bite and thus you'll catch more of them. There isn't a valid explanation till now why this happens but it's 'proven science'.  Fish can go up and down in the water thereby moving through different pressure areas with little or no bad side effects. The only logical explanation so far as to why a fishing barometer works the way it does is because the variation in atmospheric pressure affects the air bladder in the fish. When the barometer is low, the bite is off, as the fish will spend most of their efforts on equalizing their air bladder and pay less attention to eating. However, when the pressure is high the chances for catching fish is far greater. Fish will feed at the onset of a storm and between the approaching fronts, or as the barometer rises and falls through the course of the day. Unfortunately it's not ...
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