Fishing After Rain

[texacotea]

Plans to go fishing tom morning, Been raining for 2 days here. What tips can you provide for me? Getting to fish on a yak and dont get to often so I really dont want to cancel. The water will prob be muddy compared to the last time I fished there. Help me out

[groady280]

Gonna be doing the same here in SE North Carolina.  Andrea just hit us last night and today.  I think if you can get out today if your in the SE US.  Theres a front getting ready to sweep through and you may hit that window tonight of awesome fishing.  I would give it a go either way.  Start with your never fails, and then maybe try a crank.  Wish ya the best of luck.  Last weekend I fished a front and had a 45 minute window where they ate anything and everything I threw, cranks, shakeys, and jigs.  It was great, hooked a 9 + lber on a rap shad.  GOOD LUCK! Hope this helps

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Don't over think it use bladed baits for some nice vibration. other than that just fish you'll catch em good luck !! 

[Bluebasser86]

I know it's a little late now but I went out today to one of our lakes that flooded and got really muddy after flash flood water poured into it out of the creeks and made the water come up 2' overnight and made it extremely muddy. I fished a black jig and a blackberry colored chatterbait around the flooded vegetation and cover and did really well on bass and a couple flatheads, including a 4+ pound bass and a 25 1/4 pound flathead. They were all tight to the bank and to the cover. I had to move the boat and bait very slowly but when they tracked it down they were killing my bait.

[Crestliner2008]

If you want to "pick apart" a particular piece of structure, or break on a structure, then I would definitely use a jig & trailer. A heavy one too. You want it to do a lot of "banging around" down there, to get their attention. If you are in a search pattern, then by all means, try a black, single colorado bladed spinnerbait and a few Chatterbaits slow rolled along the bottom. Good Luck!

[Fishing Rhino]

If you have any small streams that feed into the water you'll be fishing, don't overlook them.  Fish will often congregate where these feeder streams dump into the main body of water.  The wadis (basically, streams that only exist when it rains) and small feeder streams gather up all manner of bugs and critters along their way.

 

If you have areas where muddy water meets clear water, try fishing along the line where they meet.

 

Fish may move into areas that are normally too shallow, looking for an easy meal.

[papajoe222]

If you'll be fishing a natural lake, things will have settled down to what would be normal. If the lake has risen substantially, you can target areas of newly flooded brush or the tops of previously emergent vegetation. 

If it's an impoundment, the combination of inflowing water and possibly open gates at the dam will create increased current. The first point downcurrent from any incoming stream can be dynamite under those conditions, especially if the water isn't muddy.  The fish can stack up at that current break and feast on whatever is being washed down to them.  I'd start out with a fat bodied crank with good rattles or a spinnerbait with either an Indiana or Colorado blade. Don't forget to give a jig a shot before giving up on any spot with potential.  You can often pick up some big, less active fish with it.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

I'm going today im using jigs, worms big tubes and some flukes.. on a jika rig