Rain

[Hushetsky77]

Hello, i live in Mexico and have been hooked to fishing since a kid. I have a house for weekend near a big lake that i have started to fish for the past 5 years but not consistently. Lately i have been more into it and our hot season is from late february to late june. Amd then we dont have hot summer it rains until october or november. 
What could i try in this rainy season as it rains pretty much all morning or all day.

Anyone has the same conditions ? Have seemed to have gone deeper

[scaleface]

Buzzbaits work good in a light rain.

[casts_by_fly]

Sometimes the rain turns them on (maybe due to lower light) and sometimes not. Given the seasonality and big swings from hot to wet you’re seeing, I’d suggest consulting with someone with local experience. @king fisher

[JackstrawIII]

I tend to do best with baits fished near (but not on) the surface during rain. I think the rain makes fish look upwards, but can make it hard for them to pick up lures on the surface. So, something near the top of the water column, but not all the way on the surface. 

[Bankbeater]

Try fishing around areas that has ground runoff going into the main body of water.

[Swamp Girl]

I fish Whopper Ploppers in the rain. Big ones. They provide a big target and churn a lot of water to compete with the plopping raindrops. 

[king fisher]

When the rains first start and the lake is just starting to rise. Go up the side canyons as far as the clear water goes. Fish the color line with a variety of lures.  Once the lake is at full pool fish any flooded flats and all flooded vegetation with buzz baits.  Fish all creek mouths with large jigs, spinnerbaits, large square bills, chatter baits and large worms.

 

If you are fishing Chapala disregard previous advice and flip punch the same places you fish the rest of the year.  Follow the water level as it rises. Fish heavy cover in 6 to 8 feet of water.

[king fisher]

What lake are you fishing? Do you fish out of a boat or kayak?  Do you want to try other lakes, or are you limited to the one you currently fish? Right now is the best time of year to fish some highland reservoirs.  When the first big rains come, at the end of each canyon there will be a water fall or small creek dumping muddy  water into the extremely low lake.  The bass will leave the deep water and move far up into the side canyons concentrating the fish in easy to fish places.   A few weeks of rising water will make the entire reservoir muddy and high.  The fishing then can still be good, and the fish will be shallow but they will be spread out over miles of flooded shoreline.

 

Some lakes the water clarity doesn't change much during the rainy season, the lake will rise slowly and not nearly as big of change as the highland reservoirs.  The best fishing of the year at Chapala is August through September when the water is at the highest level.  The best fishing in many other lakes is right now.  Most of the bass fishing lodges in Mexico shut down for the summer, but the bass fishing in most of the lakes does not shut down at all and some lakes the bite is better than during the winter.  

 

Water temperature will be about the same as the rest of the year, so it isn't much of a factor.  Water clarity will change drastically in some lakes.  My favorite lake gets so muddy, that even with big highly visible lures, it is hard catch bass.  The big ones are spread out in thick cover, and wont go far to hit a lure.  Other lakes have a large enough population of bass that you can find them in the mud just by covering lots of shoreline.  Other lakes the visibility changes very little, and the bass will maintain a certain depth, the location of which will change as the water goes up.

 

The bass do like to bite during the storms, but be carful, the severity of the lighting storms can be impressive.  Watch out for roads flooding out if you fish any high land reservoirs.  A big storm can make the road impassible, especially if you don't have an off road vehicle.  I once put a rock through my oil filter trying to get across a ditch after one of the first storms of the season.  The fishing was fantastic, but getting back home was an adventure.  Horse back can still be the main mode of transportation in some areas during the rainy season.

 

I understand if you don't want to give the name of the lake out, but it is hard to recommend what lures will work best without at least knowing what type of lake you are fishing, and how drastic the lake level and visibility the changes are.

 

My old favorite lake is past prime time, now that the rain has started.  My new favorite lake should be on fire for the next couple of weeks.  I hope to be able to go fishing before the lake gets muddy, but my schedule doesn't look promising.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gim]

I’ve done very well using a black spinnerbait in the rain recently. I stumbled into this by accident a few years ago.I was fishing at night and a black spinnerbait is my go to lure at night. I just happened to leave it tied on and forget about it. The next time I went a week later, it was raining, so I tried it since it was still tied on from last time. I destroyed them in the rain. I’ve also caught several sizable muskies on a black spinnerbait in recent seasons too.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

If I had 1 bait to fish in the rain it would be a spinnerbait.  Generaly it positions fish shallow and tight to the banks or cover on the bank.  You can fish them fast, slow, on the surface or near the bottom and theyre resistant to snags.