Most of us have probably heard this: "fish won't bite good after a heavy rain because so much food is washed into the water". For the most part, I never believed this, and it would be impossible to know how many food items are actually" washed" into a lake. Now, I've realized this may be at least partly true. I fish an area that has two small lakes, separated by a road. A large, 18" culvert pipe runs under the road. After a heavy rain, the pipe gushes water from the larger lake, into the smaller one. In the past, I usually passed this area by. Last night, I wasn't catching much, so I made a few cast in front of this culvert pipe, casting shallow and working deeper with each cast. I ended up catching three bass about 10 to 12 ft from the culvert pipe. There had to be some reason these fish were here. I can only assume that craws, minnows, or other food items were coming through the pipe, and the bass were hanging around for an easy meal. My lure was a t rigged Zoom finesse worm with a 1/8 oz weight. When I cast in front of the gushing culvert, the light rig washed down to the deeper water. I gave the worm rig one or two slow hops, when the fish hit. Has anyone else had much luck fishing around culvert or drainage areas after a heavy rain?
