Is it even worth it?

[JustJames]

Have you've ever heard " fish first think later" ?

[IndianaFinesse]

Is that question really worth a thread?

[RMax]

Wow. Shocked at the number of replies! I have decided to see just how heavy the rain is and hope for the best! Will post catch pics if it happens.

[whitwolf]

On 4/27/2017 at 8:39 PM, flechero said:

 

Sometimes this is more relevant than ANY weather condition.  Learn to combat it .

 

These are wise words. The attitude you carry with you Is important to success. 

[Paul Roberts]

Go! If you are free to pick your days, then you have that luxury. Otherwise... Go!

 

If you are uncomfortable it's easier to lose heart and not put the effort in to find biters. You may have to adjust expectations some. Ok with putting in a tough day and not catching? If not, it might be a good day for honey-do's. But you may also put something together that will change your outlook on cold days forever. 

[NHBull]

22 hours ago, jakebrake said:

if you get a p.b., I 'm not sure if I will applaud you, or put you on ignore.

 

(it's the day you almost weren't going to go that it always seems to happen)

Well......I got blanked......

but see the LM rolling into river......just a week or 2 away from spawn

[Bucky205]

I'm retired military which leaves me a lot of time to fish, if I were only able to fish one or two days a week I would fish every day I could.  Severe thunderstorms and hunting sometimes gets in the way of my fishing, but not much else.

[RMax]

No fish...

[RoLo]

On 4/29/2017 at 7:44 PM, RMax said:

No fish...

 

Who needs fish??

Did you see that osprey crash into the drink, hear the raucous rattle of a feisty kingfisher,

see Canada geese passing overhead, hear a barred owl toward day's end? 

Never put some lowly fish on a pedestal, lest we forget what really makes our day    

 

Roger

 

 

[BrackishBassin]

On 4/28/2017 at 3:03 PM, Hawkeye21 said:

It's not always worth it.  Yesterday I would've been better off staying at work.  I got beat up taking my kayak out.  Was cold and too windy.  Ended up bending my paddle fighting the wind and current while trying to get out of a tree.  Only managed one small fish and zero other bites.

 

A bad day fishing beats a good day doing anything else. 

[RMax]

2 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

Who needs fish??

Did you see an osprey crash into the drink, hear the raucous rattle of a feisty kingfisher,

see Canada geese passing overhead, hear a barred owl toward day's end? 

Never put some lowly fish on a pedestal, lest we forget what really makes our day    

 

Roger

 

 

I was pretty happy to see some ducks and geese, along with a ton of little swallows.  However, when the rain hit skin, it felt like ice.  So I don't know if it was totally worth it, although it was nice to take the casting drug.  Its better to try and not succeed than to not try at all, you know?

[lonnie g]

heck yes ! rain suit , lets see FISHING? or WORKING? i'll take fishing

[Quarry Man]

its ALWAYS worth it!

...unless your life is on the line...

[AdamV _bassin]

Its definitely worth it google cold water fishing baits and get on the water, here in Georgia the water never freezes over so I fish trough the winter and catch fish.

[RMax]

2 minutes ago, AdamV _bassin said:

Its definitely worth it google cold water fishing baits and get on the water, here in Georgia the water never freezes over so I fish trough the winter and catch fish.

Yeah, the problem was the amount of bad conditions stacked onto one another.  I left my bottom contact rod at home because it was too windy for bottom baits and then, since it was sunny the previous three weeks, the weeds were so thick I could only throw swim jigs.  I also didn't have any super bright trailers so I went with blue.  Water was pitch black with sediment by the way.  The other lake I tried would've worked but the other guy I was with didn't want to fish it so we went to the black lake.

[AdamV _bassin]

2 minutes ago, RMax said:

Yeah, the problem was the amount of bad conditions stacked onto one another.  I left my bottom contact rod at home because it was too windy for bottom baits and then, since it was sunny the previous three weeks, the weeds were so thick I could only throw swim jigs.  I also didn't have any super bright trailers so I went with blue.  Water was pitch black with sediment by the way.  The other lake I tried would've worked but the other guy I was with didn't want to fish it so we went to the black lake.

wow! tough conditions if the water was clear I bet you would of caught a few, but in the case of minor cold fronts with mild or slightly heavy rain, as long as the wind is safe, I would fish these condition, don't let this experience keep you from the water. Some of my biggest bass have been on days similar to yours, on swimbaits. Plus there is some appeal to getting out on the water in tough conditions, its always a grind, but definitely worth it. 

[Hawkeye21]

On 4/29/2017 at 7:14 PM, BrackishBassin said:

 

A bad day fishing beats a good day doing anything else. 

 

99% of the time I agree with that.  There are some occasions where it's not.  I don't regret going out last week on my afternoon off but it was a bad experience.  I was close to going over in my kayak and bent my paddle so not great.

[OkobojiEagle]

On 4/27/2017 at 9:47 PM, A-Jay said:

Regardless of the conditions, if you're not enjoying yourself, what's the point exactly ?

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

It's fishing...  Go when you want and find a different project when you don't.  

 

oe

[jimf]

It's definitely not always worth it.    I don't mind cold, and I don't mind wind, and I don't mind rain ... but put 2 of those 3 together and I'll probably take a pass, and put 3 together and I would rather do just about anything rather than go fishing in that.    In response to the argument that the fish will be biting in those conditions, my response is "I don't care".

 

 

[IndianaFinesse]

6 hours ago, jimf said:

It's definitely not always worth it.    I don't mind cold, and I don't mind wind, and I don't mind rain ... but put 2 of those 3 together and I'll probably take a pass, and put 3 together and I would rather do just about anything rather than go fishing in that.    

 

...Then you probably wouldn't have had any fun fishing in 20-30 mile an hour sustained winds with gusts into the fourtys blowing freezing rain that froze on my coat in temperatures around 25 degrees, which also happened to be the day when I caught a four and a five pounder, plus 30something other bass on jerkbaits in a four hour trip.