We live in a world together with millions of things. All of these things, together with us, humans have an effect on each other. As an example; we eat lots of ginger and onions, and we’ll get gassy and fart. Folks around us will smell the stink that is made up of various chemicals and gasses; they may feel disgusted (but most try not to show). That’s human farts; a mixture of chemicals that sometimes stink up a place. What’s worse is cow farts. Cow farts contains large amounts of methane. While Carbon dioxide has well been established as the main culprit of climate change, methane is claimed to be 85 times more powerful at trapping heat in our atmosphere. And that is just farts; a natural solution to digestive systems.

Atmospheric Change Affects Us All

Changes in the atmosphere does have an effect on us and all other living things. Let us just take pressure as an example. Do you know that the same food we eat at ground level loses its taste at high altitudes; hence why many complain that airplane food sucks. Air pressure, dryness of air, annoying noises, etc. does affect us how food taste at 30,000 feet above sea level. I have traveled with friends who do not eat their in-flight meals even during long flights. They survive on biscuits and chocolates. Good for me. I get more food to eat. So what has all these got to do with a fishing related article?

Well, changes in conditions does have an effect on fish too. But most anglers do not point a finger on changes. They instead blame the bait, the fishing tackle, and even the pond owner. Well, sometimes the pond owner is at fault. He claims to have released 100 fishes but in reality he missed out on one of the zeroes. So, before we go about thinking that our fishing tackle has been cursed; let us take a look at how changes to the environment can affect our fishing.

Heat And Mood

Have you noticed that when the temperature gets hot, you start to feel lethargic. The hotter it gets, the more lethargic you feel. Sometimes the heat causes you to lose your appetite and you may decide to miss a meal. As an angler, I am sure you would have experienced this before, especially if you’re a angler that loves heading out to sea. I love to eat. I live to eat. But when I am fishing out at sea, I can go without lunch sometimes and I don’t feel hungry.

Fishes too are affected by temperature, water conditions such as salinity levels, microbe levels, barometric pressure. When the water becomes hotter than usual, fishes feel it too. They become lethargic. No more mood to hunt or roam about. Dating fishes may hang-out with their dates but that is all they’ll probably do; hangout and not make out. A change in the salinity of water does have an effect on some fishes too. When salinity changes, they may lose interest in eating.

Unseen But Deadly

Microbes is an issue too. Every pond, lake, stream, etc. are home to microbes. We cannot see them with just our eyes. These unseen “things” are part of a balance ecosystem. If the balance is lost, microbes can become an issue. Fishes and other creatures in waters that is affected by high level of microbes will likely fall sick and eventually die. This is the same to humans. Microbes can kill us too. So, of the health of the water that you are fishing in is bad, fishes are most like to be uninterested in taking your bait. You’ll see them around but they’ll give your bait a miss. After all, a sick fish will not have the appetite to eat. The same with a person who has fallen ill.