Every Time...

[Josh Smith]

... in the past three weeks or a month I thought I'd get some time to go fishing, it friggin' rains!!!  Hard, and cold.

 

I'm kept pretty busy but for the sake of my sanity, I try to go at least once per week.  This means working a weekend day and going during the week sometime, but I have to schedule this with myself in advance.

 

It always rains that day.  Always. 

 

/rant

[Oregon Native]

_{Fishing should be good and hardly any body else for competition with bites.}

[Josh Smith]

I go during the week so there is no one else fishing.

 

I've never caught anything when it rains but a cold.  What's the first lure I should try?  In the past I've tried critter baits without any luck.

 

Josh

[RAMBLER]

dynamite

[whitwolf]

Josh, you can never go wrong with a jig. Out of curiosity, what's the water temp. ?

[Sam]

Fish in the rain.

 

Some of the best days on the water is when it rains.

 

X2 for Oregon Native's post.

[Catch and Grease]

I fish when it rains but not when it pours...

I don't know why but lipless cranks seem to work well for me in the rain

[Josh Smith]

Josh, you can never go wrong with a jig. Out of curiosity, what's the water temp. ?

 

It's dropping.  I can't give a precise number because I've not been out there to measure it.

 

The rain has been cold and this is part of the concern.  In my experience only, cold rain drives fish deeper.

 

This is a watershed lake.  One nice thing is that after it stops raining, regardless of the barometric pressure or cold front that just passed (usually!), the bass move up to see what's being brought to them from various normally-dry ditches and it makes them easy to target.

 

As well, there's a simple overflow for the earthen dam.  When the water level rises, it starts draining and creates a current through the whole lake's surface.  I can use this current to my advantage.

 

It just seems that they wait until after it rains to do this. 

 

I'd like to get out there and find out if turnover has happened, yet.  We still have pretty sunny days and it's not overly cool at night; I'd say it's seasonally warm so probably not, but I'm not going to guarantee that.

 

From my past year's study of this lake, the bass seem to pattern much differently than most other bass most other places.  It's interesting as heck and helps me catch them. 

 

Regards,

 

Josh

[CDMeyer]

Anytime out fishing is fun

[whitwolf]

Josh, i would follow the bait. It's Fall...... Like Grease said try lipless crankbaits....Maybe a jerkbait ....... or fish your confidence bait(s).

[tatertester]

Spinnerbait in the rain, match the bait fish.