fishing in the rain

[tycomps]

been laying low due to a family illness and wouldn't you know it my fishing days are forecast for rain. what's everyone's strategy for rainy day fishing? Pike, SMB, LMB.

[Lard Almighty]

Unless it's a heavy downpour, rain can really turn the fish on. This time of year, bass fishing in the rain with topwaters can be lights out! Trout fishing can also be really good in the rain, because 1) the rain washes worms and bugs into the rivers and puts them on the feed, 2) the water will become murky making it difficult for the fish to see you, and 3) flow will increase moving fish out of deep holding areas and into feeding lanes.

Dude, throw on a rain jacket and get out there!

[kcritch]

Agreed......ponds and lakes from shore anywhere you see water running in can be good too.

[tycomps]

two days with the frog in the rain not even a slap, looks like they've moved from the edges, used to be guaranteed. would you believe my two bass ponds have no visible feed, both have spillways but must be spring fed from below. tried spinnerbait and swimbait today when the sun came out, taking time off has left me with a serious case of the skunk!

[Lard Almighty]

The frog might not be noisy enough. Try a buzzbait.

[tycomps]

the weed free channels in the pond have closed up and there's salad from the surface to about a foot below extending out about 50 feet from the bank so it's next to impossible to get a clean retrieve on a spinnerbait or buzzbait unless I surface burn it. That's why I was throwing weedless frog and stanley ribbit. I'd love for the lettuce to back off enough to throw a plug but that ain't happening any time soon.