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Trout fishing after cold fronts

Posted on 10/22/12 at 8:55 pm
Posted by DaBigDogg
Member since Dec 2007
665 posts
Posted on 10/22/12 at 8:55 pm
I'm fairly new to speck fishing. I was wondering if its worth trying to go this weekend after the front passes?
Posted by Who Me
Ascension
Member since Aug 2011
7090 posts
Posted on 10/22/12 at 10:25 pm to
I can tell you without a doubt that you won't catch any fish what so ever























If you don't go.
Posted by cdaniel76
Covington, LA
Member since Feb 2008
19706 posts
Posted on 10/22/12 at 10:39 pm to
Hear stories for and against this but I mostly hear favorable stories for fishing after(or even just before) fronts.

The theory is that fish sense the barometric pressure change coming and they gorge themselves before so they don't go hungry if the baitfish get swept away. And after the ones that didn't gorge, are so hungry that they eat anything in the water.
Posted by Capt ST
Hotel California
Member since Aug 2011
13045 posts
Posted on 10/22/12 at 10:53 pm to
Sat looks like it will be okay. A little north wind to keep the gnats off. I'd go.
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
17496 posts
Posted on 10/22/12 at 11:30 pm to
All fish, not just trout, bite better before a front. Something I've been told since I was little, and has never let me down.
Posted by AHouseDivided
Member since Oct 2011
6532 posts
Posted on 10/22/12 at 11:49 pm to
Go wet a line and find out for yourself. Even if you don't catch anything you were fishing. I have a newborn at home and would kill to go fishing this weekend and catch nothing. Do it!

In all seriousness, I find that before the front is better, but like others have said, if you can get out there before the wind picks up you should have a good chance at catching fish provided you know the area you are fishing. Once the wind is blowing, you may have a hard time finding clean water in the areas you want to fish. Best of luck.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67648 posts
Posted on 10/23/12 at 8:09 am to
This front won't really impact the trout. The main problem is the water gets dirty. You just never know with trout...I had one of my best trips after a major cold front.
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