what determines where you fish??

[Tarpon4me]

There are many factors that play part for my fishing decision. Water temp. is a big one, wind strength and direction, barrometric pressure, sea conditions, moon phase, and all sorts of other things. The day before, i'll check out the weather. If the seas offshore are looking pretty foul and/or the wind is kicking like 20 knotts; i'll start looking towards inshore salt water or fresh water river. If the Air temp has been staying pretty steady, as in no drastic changes in Temp with in the last 3 or 4 days, and the moon is towards new or full, it's hands down inshore saltwater......Especially if the Barrometric pressure is in the "3"s, that seems to make the bait fish huddle more inshore. Each particular variable also affects what type of fish I target as well. Also, one big factor is if I have enough gas money to pull my 4000 pound boat to the beach and back.[cool] $2.50 a gallon is a big decision maker. (20 gallon tank on truck, 45 gallon tank on boat= lots of cash) No matter what the conditions are like, I can head to the local rivers blindly and catch fish. So when the money is tight, or the weather looks crappy, it's off to the river I go.
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