Weather question (WARNING: LONG)

[Zeal]

Been a very long time since I've even taken a peek here, miss all you guys and hope all is well.

On to business! I've often wondered about weather conditions effects on fish and the one thing I could say I've been trying to wrap my brain around the saying my neighbor never stops saying, which is, "Fish don't give a $%^& about the weather".

He swears by it, I don't but I wonder if it has cost me fish (though I would much rather keep my safety especially being a loner in not having a fishing buddy to this day). So in my many hours of thought and somewhat field testing (some conditions were just too dangerous) I came to these theories. Please, please, PLEASE chime in and correct me or add in what you guys know/think. I was raised by boat so some of these can be naive thoughts. I don't own a barometer so I left that out and combinations are left out for the sake of keeping this as short as possible. Added in some plug stuff just to try and clarify some things. Not asking what plugs to use, I'm more interested in the fish behavior.

Cold - the fish seem to be a little sluggish in the shallow bays and a bit lazy in the inlets unless it's Fall-early Winter. Though April and May on Long Island always have been iffy for me aside from bluefish.

Hot and Humid - mid-July to September where you sweat on top of your own sweat. Fish go to deeper water and unless it's an incoming tide into an inlet with a little bit of cool water, target something other than stripers. On the surf the water is just so warm, even with a rogue bass it felt like seaweed was on the line rather than a lively striper.

Rain - unless its torrential downpours, the fish live in water, I don't see why water from the sky matters other than causing the water to become dirty. Just means my raincoat came in handy and I need to stick with parrot, chartreuse, chrome, or bone colored plugs (rattles seem to just be bluefish magnets). Caught fluke in the rain by boat in the past. Bass are always another story. Oddly, never caught a bluefish in the rain.

Wind - unless it's gale force winds, my threshold is about 20 knots (I've fished higher winds and the lures just don't stand a chance unless they are 5+ oz. which I don't own) that ideally should be in my face causing the bait to be pushed to me, if it is away from me or causes a really stupid hard sweep the skunks are coming in force...but my love for rough conditions led me to fish it anyway with extreme hit or miss striper fishing....

Fog - I have never caught any species of fish on a foggy night (we are talking moderate to dense fog) and I can't explain this one on how it might affect the fish and the water. Seems like a curse when I fish the fog.

**It should be noted I fish at night 99% of the time, during the Fall if sand eels are present I would do an early morning trip. The sun burns me way too easy**

Thoughts? Hope the season is kicking off great for everyone else! My first trip was enough to make me ignore the Spring run.