I constantly keep an eye on air pressure and moon phases and indeed during the colder winter months the water temperature on my Quest to put a few bonus carp on the bank. There can’t be many days pass by when I am not visiting the various weather sites on the internet trying to work out the best chance of a take in the limited hours I often have to fish.

As I have documented so many times before my free time is very limited so out of necessity I have to try and squeeze some relatively short sessions in between work etc.

I see little point in getting into routine by picking a particular evening each week such as a Thursday to fish if the conditions are indicating Tuesday could be better.

I have had various barometers scattered around the house for years now and even have one in the toilet which ensures I always have a few moments a day when I can sit down gather my thoughts and look at what is happening with the air pressure.

Thanks to the tip off from fellow British Carp Study Group member Saul Gardner I have just purchased a tiny hand held weather station which will certainly become an essential part of my kit in a bid to understand the effects of air pressure that little bit more being able to monitor the changing condition whilst actually out on the bank rather than checking before and after a session.

It records and shows the readings in a chart over the previous 12 hours as well as many other features such as time, date, alarm, temperature, humidity, altitude as well as the general weather.

To keep things real basic low air pressure generally results in quite heavy feeding where as high pressure slows them down.

On deep waters I find high pressure lifts the fish high in the water and you are more likely to get takes off shallower plateaux’s or bars rather than in the gully’s and vice versa low pressure often drops them down into the deeper water. Interestingly high pressure can be very productive on the deeper waters. I have my own theory for this one in as much as it lifts the fish into more comfortable angler friendly depths where so many anglers feel much more comfortable to fish in.

So, in a constant effort to try and understand the carp that little bit more I will now be taking a glance at the barometric reading each time I hook a fish as well as the watch.

Now for the big surprise, this weather station I have just purchased cost only £11.99 from Lidl!

If you want one I would rush out as soon as you can – they were only released yesterday and I had to visit two stores to track one down – the first had run out. To be honest with you I am already that impressed with my purchase and see the long term potential for this type of thing I can see myself researching into a slightly more upmarket model.

Best fishes

Shaun

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