After heavy rain?

[Austin11C]

We've gotten ALOT of rain the past week where I live. So much that the dams in the area are flowing over the top. Which makes for high lake and river levels. I've had today planned as a fishing trip for me and my brother for the past couple weeks and don't want to give up on it. I've never Bass fished after a lot of rain. Any bait suggestions? I drove by a favorite cove of mine earlier just to see what it looked like. I seen lots of debri floating in the water and of course the water is very muddy. I'm thinking maybe a senko since I'm sure the fish are looking for food that's been washed into the water.  Does rain like this ruin fishing? Completely new to this kind of thing. What's your opinion?  I'm not sure if I'll fish the river of the lake it depends on what it looks like when I get there. We will be bank fishing. Thanks guys 

[Cheetahsneverprosper]

Vibrating jigs, spinnerbaits, something that makes noise and creates a lot of thump so the bass can zero in on it in low visibility.  They may be holding tighter to cover, so maybe a jig with rattles and a good size trailer for fishing laydowns.  Dark colors would probably help too.

[Austin11C]

That's kinda what I was thinking. I've night fished quite a bit so I figured that for visibility but I didn't know if high water level would affect them much or if there was a primary food source after a hard rain. But I believe I'll start off with a Colorado blade black or blue spinner and see if that works. If not I have some new jigs to try out. Do you think top water would be any count? I Just bought some pad crashers and want to try them out but it might not be a good time to. 

[Oregon Native]

They still be biting...I like fishing closer to banks and slow down.  Buzzbaits, spinnerbaits and plastics in darker colors.  It's warm muddy water...not cold so thats good..

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Just now, Oregon Native said:

They still be biting...I like fishing closer to banks and slow down.  Buzzbaits, spinnerbaits and plastics in darker colors.  It's warm muddy water...not cold so thats good..

 

 

[Daveqjr]

I fish alot of muddy and dirty water. Purple, junebug, and black work well for me in these conditions. I'm usually fishing a stick worm or a lizard rigged weedless since there's alot of logs and moss where i fish. Might be an issue for you too if you saw alot of debris. I also like a purple, black or chartreuse spinnerbait.

 

Good luck!

[Megastink]

Black/blue Structure Jig and a Blk/BL Rage Craw for hard cover targets. I'd definitely have a double Colorado spinnerbait in chart/white (gold blades) or black/blue (black or gold blade). Chatterbait with a Rage Craw or menace trailer, KVD 2.5 (rattling) in a chartreuse or red based color. Buzzbait (black is water is dirty, White if clear). 

 

Id start there.

[Megastink]

Black/blue Structure Jig and a Blk/BL Rage Craw for hard cover targets. I'd definitely have a double Colorado spinnerbait in chart/white (gold blades) or black/blue (black or gold blade). Chatterbait with a Rage Craw or menace trailer, KVD 2.5 (rattling) in a chartreuse or red based color. Buzzbait (black is water is dirty, White if clear). 

 

Id start there.

[Austin11C]

Thanks for all the ideas guys. Hopefully we'll be able to catch em this evening. I'll post a report later tonight. And after looking at everyone's comments I've narrowed it down to about any normal bait I'd throw except dark haha. Thanks again!

[Austin11C]

Well guys it didn't go so well. I busted a brake line on my truck pulling into the lake parking lot so I had to have someone go get me a new line. We fished for a couple hours, my brother caught a small bass maybe 1lb on a senko. That's the only bite we had and then I had to fix my truck and it was time to go. Better luck next time hopefully. 

[Raul]

Time to pull out your noisy lures and try all that "dirty" water.

[Austin11C]

I tried a few buzz baits, spinner baits, and rattletraps. That's about all the "noisy" baits I have. Not a single bite. But I'm new to a lot of this stuff and I'm not even sure I was working them properly. I'm just glad I got a little practice with my new bait caster. Only backlashed it twice, with a buzzbait. Not bad for only having a bait caster for 3 days. 

[38 Super Fan]

39 minutes ago, Austin11C said:

Well guys it didn't go so well. I busted a brake line on my truck pulling into the lake parking lot so I had to have someone go get me a new line. We fished for a couple hours, my brother caught a small bass maybe 1lb on a senko. That's the only bite we had and then I had to fix my truck and it was time to go. Better luck next time hopefully. 

That sucks. Hope things go smoother next time.

 

Were you on Norris? I was there earlier today.

[Austin11C]

No I went down to melton hill today I figured Norris wouldn't be too good from the bank with the high water. Did you do any good?

[38 Super Fan]

9 hours ago, Austin11C said:

No I went down to melton hill today I figured Norris wouldn't be too good from the bank with the high water. Did you do any good?

Caught a few, which was actually better than I expected. When I saw online that the water level was over 7 feet above summer pool, I just had to go down there and take a look, I know that's the highest it's been in years. There was debris and loose docks floating everywhere, and the road into Cedar Grove Marina was flooded.

 

The fish were really spread out, I tried quite a few different things, and ended up catching all of them off of people's flooded lawns. Fish were feeding on the worms there, one of the bass I caught had a huge mouthful of them when I looked.

 

 

 

 

[Robert Riley]

How about heavy rain during the spawn? I assume the rain wouldn't run them off the beds, so would it really make a difference at all?

 

[RoLo]

 

After a heavy rainfall, lure selection becomes far less critical,

where placing the boat in moving water can pay dividends (channels, bottlenecks, feeder streams ~)

 

Roger

[Austin11C]

I've fished out of boats after rain but this was my first time. And fishing after a HEAVY RAIN