How long after cold fronts blow in does the bite turn back on?

[RealtreeByGod]

I haven't fished in about a month because it's been too hot, and I was wanting to hit a local public pond sometime this week since it's cooled down a bit. Problem is, it's cooled down because a cold front has blown in a dumped a ton of rain over the past few days.

 

So what would give here? Would the bass be more active because of the cooler weather, or will they get tight-lipped and lazy because the pressure change and all of the other stuff that cold fronts bring? Should I go the first day without rain, or wait a few days? 

[Angry John]

The day after is usually bad for me, as I feel they feed heady during the low pressure.   Picks back up after things stabilized for a 2-3 day period.   If you have a river near by just put some time there for a bit.

[Bluebasser86]

No way to tell other than to go. September usually sucks here regardless of weather, but I'll still be out there trying. 

[ww2farmer]

I don't know if bass read man's rule book on how they are supposed to behave. 

 

Generally, a couple days after it's passed and things return to "normal"

 

But then there are times like this past weekend, it was  90+ degrees here for the last week, and they were biting good, this weekend it was in the upper 50's, cloudy, and stiff north breezes....and they were still biting OK, despite a 40 degree drop in air temps, and mother nature doing a complete 180 in the weather turning it from Aug to mid November overnight.

 

Moral of the story...just go fishing, if it sucks it sucks, but it might not and you never know because you weren't there.

[Sam]

Day 1 after front moves through = blue bird skies and difficult bite.

Day 2 after front moves through = some cloud cover or blue bird skies but bite gets better.

Day 3 after front moves through = fishing back to normal for the area.

 

Not rules in stone but will give you some insight on what happens after a cold front moves through an area.

[NHBull]

I agree with @Sam but this summer the Fronts were coming through so often that the bite never fell off here. The other thing I noticed was while the day bite would subside the nights never did.   No direct evidence, but believe the night bite is less dependent on highs and lows.

 

Would love to here thoughs on my observation 

[Catt]

The day before I get there & the day after I leave! ?

[Troy85]

15 minutes ago, Catt said:

The day before I get there & the day after I leave! ?

If that ain't the truth.  It also seems that cold fronts always love to blow thru on a Friday.......

[Crestliner2008]

I've had days that the "experts" say are going to be tough and it worked out just the opposite. Go figure? I guess it's up to the fish and not us afterall.

[Brushog83]

After a normal coldfront it usually seems to me that the second day after is when the fish settle back into biting better.  High blue bird skys the day after a cold front are the worst.

[Ratherbfishing]

In the fall, a cold front can herald in better fishing BUT only after things have settled back down again (after several days).  But to summarize, the first day (overcast, cold and windy) is terrible, the next- it will feel good to be alive (blue skies and cooler temps) but the fishing will be lousy, the third day-better but you'll still have to work for them, and the fourth day-about back to normal.  Unless it's my day off and then the fishing will remain bad.

[MichaelCopeland]

10 hours ago, Catt said:

The day before I get there & the day after I leave! ?

 

10 hours ago, Troy1985s said:

If that ain't the truth.  It also seems that cold fronts always love to blow thru on a Friday.......

Or when I have a day off. I don't always get Fridays or weekend days off, but regardless of what day(s) I have off, the bite usually seems to suck whether a cold front has come through or not. Alot of it I believe has to do with feeding times for the bass. One never truly knows when those times are, they just hardly ever seem to be feeding when I'm fishing. ?

[everythingthatswims]

I only had a cold front mess up the fish one time this summer, it had been 85-90 degree highs every day, then it got down around 50 overnight and the following day had air temps in the 60s. That coupled with bluebird skies shut them off.

 

Besides that, I find that typically in the late summer into the fall, cold fronts get them amped up. You may have to adjust, but fishing can be really good! And as always, deep fish aren't influenced as much, so you can always target them if you think a front has the bite messed up.

[Catt]

Every body of water is different, every bass is different, & every front is different!

 

I seen minor fronts blow all my plans up & server fronts do nothing.

 

The only way to know for certain is to go fishing!

[Troy85]

10 hours ago, everythingthatswims said:

I only had a cold front mess up the fish one time this summer, it had been 85-90 degree highs every day, then it got down around 50 overnight and the following day had air temps in the 60s. That coupled with bluebird skies shut them off.

 

Besides that, I find that typically in the late summer into the fall, cold fronts get them amped up. You may have to adjust, but fishing can be really good! And as always, deep fish aren't influenced as much, so you can always target them if you think a front has the bite messed up.

Summer cold fronts?  What are those??!?!? LOL. 

We don't usually start getting any cool fronts till October, but yeah those first ones usually get the fish fired up.  Also, usually a lot less fishing pressure as well, because of deer season.