Good topic.
I am definitely of the low pressure, or dropping barometric pressure == good fishing camp. This applies to a range of scenarios including stripers. It also makes migratory fish move, which may bode well for those who intercept moving fish but badly for those expecting fish to be in a certain spot. I have also had some incredible days when the weather is pure snot. Part of the reason is the cover of dark skies and the infusion of rain IMHO.
Conversely, high stable pressure and bluebird skies require more tact, like the point rip for instance. The fish still have to eat but they will key on very distinct stimuli like a specific exchange of one body of water against another, current speeds that render bait helpless, etc. We're lucky that stripers can be had by those who untangle the intricacies of the tide phases, bait patterns, and other behaviors even in the brightest sunshine summer days.
The one condition I recommend against in striper fishing is flats fishing in inclement weather. Bill Littlewood will remember an exhilarating - yet potentially deadly day nearly a mile off shore on the Brewster Flats during a sudden lightning storm. It was essentially the longest, most tiring run of my life through knee deep water as the horizontal rain whipped our faces, the sky turned black and the water began to glow. Booming arches of static electricity leaped from the water around us as we fought our way back to the beach like littel boys trying to outrun a train. Exhilarating - but I never need to do that again.
I am definitely of the low pressure, or dropping barometric pressure == good fishing camp. This applies to a range of scenarios including stripers. It also makes migratory fish move, which may bode well for those who intercept moving fish but badly for those expecting fish to be in a certain spot. I have also had some incredible days when the weather is pure snot. Part of the reason is the cover of dark skies and the infusion of rain IMHO.
Conversely, high stable pressure and bluebird skies require more tact, like the point rip for instance. The fish still have to eat but they will key on very distinct stimuli like a specific exchange of one body of water against another, current speeds that render bait helpless, etc. We're lucky that stripers can be had by those who untangle the intricacies of the tide phases, bait patterns, and other behaviors even in the brightest sunshine summer days.
The one condition I recommend against in striper fishing is flats fishing in inclement weather. Bill Littlewood will remember an exhilarating - yet potentially deadly day nearly a mile off shore on the Brewster Flats during a sudden lightning storm. It was essentially the longest, most tiring run of my life through knee deep water as the horizontal rain whipped our faces, the sky turned black and the water began to glow. Booming arches of static electricity leaped from the water around us as we fought our way back to the beach like littel boys trying to outrun a train. Exhilarating - but I never need to do that again.