high skies

roadrunner · 02-25-08, 10:37 PM

i went fishing in one of my favorite ponds but could not draw a strike. i started talking to another angler and he blamed it on the super clear sky ie. high skies. i have had a problem several other times but never really blamed it on the sky. there was not really any wind and the water was stained. in this time of year in texas the temperature is reletively cool in the mornings but rises in temp as the day goes on. seemed like the only thing biting was blue guill. i threw a bungee hawg around the cattail growth and crankbaited around the deeper edges of the pond. i am not a big fan of these crainkbaits and that might have been a mistake on my part. i am wondering what advice ya'll have for situations such as these. i probably need to just slower.

Bob Smith · 02-26-08, 07:59 AM

Roadrunner, being a native Texan (now living in Georgia) that term is all too familiar. When you hear someone refer to high skies they are telling you that you are under an extremely high barometric pressure system. In Texas (and probably most every where else too) when you have a high pressure system over you, the skies are always clear and blue. During the winter when photoplankton and phytoplankton production is at it's minimum, a high barometer can shut everything down in water generally less than 15' of water. It literally forces the plankton to the bottom or onto something solid (tops of limbs, rocks and other stuff). That is the very start of the food chain. If the plankton isn't active, neither is the forage, and subsequently the predators (BASS!). About the only fish that are catchable are the bottom feeders!
There are exceptions to every rule, but the one I just gave you is the most widely accepted amongst the TP&W Biologists.

BigBassin144 · 02-26-08, 11:47 AM

I normally never have much of a problem with clear skies. I mostly atrubute this to the almost constant wind were I live. Even if it's not a strong wind, it's almost always there, makeing the surface a bit choppy.

BB

lunker-lander · 02-26-08, 12:08 PM

My favorite times to fish happen to be clear skies. Like BB said, that's all we have, so you have to adjust.

I like to chunk white blades, cranks, or jigs tight to cover when this happens. Bass will be holding tight, and the white'll turn 'em!

-Lunk-

Texas_Justice85 · 02-27-08, 04:49 PM

Find you some cover and fish as close to it or right in the middle of it.

02-25-08, 10:37 PM	#1
roadrunner BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dickinson TX Posts: 21	high skies i went fishing in one of my favorite ponds but could not draw a strike. i started talking to another angler and he blamed it on the super clear sky ie. high skies. i have had a problem several other times but never really blamed it on the sky. there was not really any wind and the water was stained. in this time of year in texas the temperature is reletively cool in the mornings but rises in temp as the day goes on. seemed like the only thing biting was blue guill. i threw a bungee hawg around the cattail growth and crankbaited around the deeper edges of the pond. i am not a big fan of these crainkbaits and that might have been a mistake on my part. i am wondering what advice ya'll have for situations such as these. i probably need to just slower.

02-26-08, 07:59 AM	#2
Bob Smith BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cartersville, Georgia Posts: 1,472	Roadrunner, being a native Texan (now living in Georgia) that term is all too familiar. When you hear someone refer to high skies they are telling you that you are under an extremely high barometric pressure system. In Texas (and probably most every where else too) when you have a high pressure system over you, the skies are always clear and blue. During the winter when photoplankton and phytoplankton production is at it's minimum, a high barometer can shut everything down in water generally less than 15' of water. It literally forces the plankton to the bottom or onto something solid (tops of limbs, rocks and other stuff). That is the very start of the food chain. If the plankton isn't active, neither is the forage, and subsequently the predators (BASS!). About the only fish that are catchable are the bottom feeders! There are exceptions to every rule, but the one I just gave you is the most widely accepted amongst the TP&W Biologists. __________________ Bob Smith a.k.a. "Porko" (vintage Strike King variety!)

02-26-08, 11:47 AM	#3
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	I normally never have much of a problem with clear skies. I mostly atrubute this to the almost constant wind were I live. Even if it's not a strong wind, it's almost always there, makeing the surface a bit choppy. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

02-26-08, 12:08 PM	#4
lunker-lander BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,628	My favorite times to fish happen to be clear skies. Like BB said, that's all we have, so you have to adjust. I like to chunk white blades, cranks, or jigs tight to cover when this happens. Bass will be holding tight, and the white'll turn 'em! -Lunk- __________________ I don't see why schools are Public. If all schools were made Private, trespassers would be eliminated!

02-27-08, 04:49 PM	#5
Texas_Justice85 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Waco, Texas Posts: 70	Find you some cover and fish as close to it or right in the middle of it. __________________ Tim -Future Game Warden "Long live the Republic"

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