Anyone else like bad weather?

[MassYak85]

Does anyone else get that "itch to fish" a little more when there's some rain or wind? I know we usually associate those conditions with better fishing but I think it goes beyond that. Something about having a lake or pond to yourself and being able to enjoy the outdoors on days most people want to be inside just has a certain appeal to me I guess. 

[jr231]

I like anytime I can get out on the water. As long as it's not dangerous I will go if my time allows. 

 

I'd take anything over still, dead heat 

[fishballer06]

Some of my best days have been in the pounding rain or howling wind. It's certainly not just a coincidence. 

[TnRiver46]

Snowing sideways is what i wait for every year 

[JediAmoeba]

I just got a new rod and reel.  I wasn't about to let a little rain and 40 mile an hour winds get in my way.

[NYWayfarer]

Not a big fan of wind and rain while fishing. It does keep most of the dog walkers away though. 

[Bankbeater]

It doesn't bother me to be out in the wind and rain, but if it starts to lightning I run like a scared rabbit.

[HKBasser]

Some of my best days of fishing were flood warning days.  Super muddy water with almost no visibility...

[jimmyjoe]

  Yup. Everyone else (almost) comes home, and I go fishing. Storms are a gift to fishermen, especially shorecasters.     jj

[scaleface]

no , dont like it hot either .

[PhishLI]

Right this minute the wind is howling. It's Dusk. It's overcast. The air pressure is low. My buddy's there right now hammering them. I'm stuck home in the midst of a digestive emergency instead of there slinging with him. How come nobody's invented wading diapers yet???

[Bruce424]

oh yeah! having the lake pretty much to myself in bad weather is awesome. wife thinks im crazy though...

[WRB]

For me rainy windy weather was good for bass fishing in the pre spawn cycle and fall duck or goose hunting season. Now I don't enjoy being cold anytime of the year.

Tom

[keagbassr]

I do but not with the blind ambition I had in the past. I like it best when it works with the over all weather pattern that clicks in my head ' this could be good'. And i won't fish in torrential rain as I've seen how fast it can fill my jonboat with water.like @JediAmoeba  i went out today for a few hours in the wind. 

[N Florida Mike]

I don’t go much anymore when it’s bad weather. I rarely ever fish in the rain but will if I get caught in it. I have not done well bass fishing in the rain anyway. ( catfishing is a different story) I don’t fool with lightning.

I can fish on my home lake with a lot of wind and often do. The best day I ever had for numbers was one of the windier days I ever fished. I caught my PB on a very windy day also. I generally prefer a light but steady breeze- just enough to put a nice ripple on the water.

I have a inshore saltwater spot that is absolute money for redfish when it’s NE winds 20 + and high tide. If you can’t fish anywhere else, that’s the best place to be.

[gim]

I actually look for and target days with rain in the forecast during the warmer summer months. There’s definitely less traffic on the lake and the fishing is often better because there’s low pressure. This time of year, not so much.

[TnRiver46]

@keagbassr, always keep an empty Taco Bell cup in the boat! I haven’t sank yet.......

[soflabasser]

I have caught some of my biggest bass and other nice fish on rainy days. 

[Hammer 4]

I don't mind the wind or rain, as long as it's not super cold out. Not a huge fan of wind driven rain, but if the bit is on, I'm there..Even at my age..haha

[Black Hawk Basser]

I definitely get the itch when the wind kicks up and there are some ominous looking clouds.  If it's raining pretty steadily before I'm already fishing, I usually just don't go.

[keagbassr]

32 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@keagbassr, always keep an empty Taco Bell cup in the boat! I haven’t sank yet.......

I've got a half 2 liter bottle at all times as the epo that lives down the road and I cross paths a few times each year and he tells me I have to have a bailing cup in the boat just in case in spring a leak.

[JediAmoeba]

1 hour ago, keagbassr said:

I do but not with the blind ambition I had in the past. I like it best when it works with the over all weather pattern that clicks in my head ' this could be good'. And i won't fish in torrential rain as I've seen how fast it can fill my jonboat with water.like @JediAmoeba  i went out today for a few hours in the wind. 

When I was 18 or 19 we were fishing out of an old aluminum boat and it was raining really hard - the boat was filling up and my friend removed the plug to let the water "out". 

 

Getting an aluminum boat to shore that is filled with water and emptying it is not fun or easy!  

[The Bassman]

We had windy, cloudy, upper 40's weather a couple of days ago. Came home from work mid afternoon just itching to get out. Went to a favorite HOA lake and the bass were going crazy. Lipless crank had 'em chasing and hitting at my feet. I caught several between 2 and 3.5 lb. in a short time. Quite the rush.

[Bird]

I don't particularly care to do anything outside in high winds, especially at my age.

Sold the bass boat and went to a fishing Yak and let me tell you.....that things is a kite on the water.

Little rain is good.

[FryDog62]

If windy, I head to a small-mid sized river with high banks for protection.  Also fishing just before a storm front comes in can be fantastic... but if there’s lightning, time to get off the water...

 

When we do trips in Canada and are there for a set number

of days, it’s amazing the kind of cold wet crappy weather we’ve gone out in.  Actually not very smart and I do a lot less of that as I age..