How heavy of a rain will you fish in?

[Swest18x]

With the remnants of Beryl forcast to interrupt my 3 hours of fishing time tomorrow I might just go out anyways as long as it's not thundering. How heavy of a rain do you find to still be productive fishing? I've had good days in light rain but haven't fished in anything much heavier.

 

FYI I primarily use moving baits. Was thinking about using a jerkbait and a lipless around rip rap for this trip.

[Swamp Girl]

If it's pounding, I'm fine. Light rain is fine too. It's all good. 

[gim]

I can tolerate pretty much any rain except a heavy down pour. A light or steady rain is pretty ideal for how I like to fish.

 

Biggest bass of the season so far came during a good rain for this guy.

[FishTax]

Good rain is fine. If it's hurting your skin it's time to take break

[bottom_dollar]

As long as there is no lightning it doesn’t matter how hard it’s raining for me. 

[king fisher]

If I ever see an old man gathering up pairs of animals and herding them in to a giant boat, I might  quit.  Other than that I'm not giving up from rain.  I took a break while a thunderstorm went by a couple days ago.  My friend in another kayak stayed out.  He had a rain jacket and I didn't. He got a 9 and a 7 pound bass while I stood shivering on the shore.  He also had the keys to the car. Now I have to listen to him go on and on about how I ran from the rain, and he caught the big ones.  I would rather get hit by lightning than hear that noise one more time.  Next time I will be fishing. 

[Susky River Rat]

I won’t go out in rain. 

[txchaser]

Better fish while it's raining - seems like when the storm stops the bite shuts off hard for a bit.

[papajoe222]

With rain (and wind), there is a point where it's too much work for me even though I own 100mph gear.  At what point I make that decision is dependent on how well the fish a biting.

[GreenPig]

I'll fish any level of rain.

[Bazoo]

It depends for me if I have a change of clothes in the car or my poncho not far. If I have a change of clothes, I'll pretty much go into a medium rain. If I have my poncho... whatever.

 

I have fished in pouring rain lots of times because once I got started I was too deadset to quit, but I don't care for being soaked to the bone, nor having to dry all my gear. Which includes my tackle bag, holster/belt, gun, and wallet. Drying my holster really sucks, because I don't have a spare.

 

I'd actually like a waterproof backpack for fishing. I don't like having to dry out my tackle bag, that's a pain.

41 minutes ago, txchaser said:

Better fish while it's raining - seems like when the storm stops the bite shuts off hard for a bit.

I've seemed to notice that... but then again, I've gotten bit then too, but it does seem that it dies off.

[txchaser]

Pro tip: the waterproof plastic bottom in a tackle bag also acts like a nice bathtub for your lures after a hard rain. Literally pouring water out. And the plano edge boxes are waterproof but not submerged like that for a couple hours.

[FishTax]

Yeah when it rains like that waterproof doesn't always work so well.. At least the affordable stuff doesn't. I found it best to put my tackle in truck or dry storage when it rains and only carry what I need on my body until it calms down.. Having to empty and dry tackle isn't fun. 

[evilcatfish]

As long as there’s no lightning I’ll keep fishing. If it gets to the point I can’t hardly cast, see where I’m casting, or it hurts then I’m seeking shelter 

[Mike L]

7 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

With rain (and wind), there is a point where it's too much work for me even though I own 100mph gear.  At what point I make that decision is dependent on how well the fish a biting.

Ditto

 

However, I don’t care how hard it’s raining if I can see lightning anywhere I’m out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[BigAngus752]

If there is a chance of significant rain then I will pick one of the lakes that has covered docks.  If it gets to really pouring and I want a break or to keep my sandwich dry while I eat lunch I'll just borrow someone's cover for a few minutes.  I've fished in rain so hard that I've had to keep my bilge running all the time but that's unintentional.  I don't plan to fish in rain that hard. A little rain can actually be pleasant.  A lot is always annoying.  

[Koz]

My son and I once bank fished during a tropical storm. He was 10 or 11 and he thought it would be fun. He was right. We didn't catch anything, but we laughed the entire time.

 

As for now, if it's intermittent showers I will head out there. But if it's a day long deluge I stay home.

[Catt]

How heavy of a rain will you fish in?

 

Question should be fishing post hurricane.  There's a lot more taking place than rain. 

[N Florida Mike]

If I get caught by rain on the water and they’re already biting, I’ll keep fishing. I don’t fool with lightning though. If it’s pouring down when Im about to go, I’ll wait until it slacks off.

Recently had a 1 hour window to fish a work route pond . The sun was peeking through the clouds as I walked to the pond. Started fishing, and it immediately came a downpour. Walked back to the truck, and the sun came out . Walked down again, and another downpour! This happened several times. I finally got partially under a tree where I could still cast. Caught 9 , all in heavy rain…

[TnRiver46]

I live in a sub tropical rain forest….. 

 

last time I intentionally fished in a downpour they were biting pretty well

 

i hate rusting all my stuff but it’s unavoidable, a sunny day can turn into hail and lightning really quick and the weatherman has absolutely no clue 

[DinkDonkey30]

As long as no lightning is in the area I’ll fish any rain. The key really isn’t the rain though so much as what else is going on while it’s rainy. Baro psi, wind speed and direction, amount of light.

[Spankey]

I don’t mind fishing in the rain but I prefer to be out already and then have the rain start. Had some great bites over the years when that happens. If it gets blinding torrential, time for me to anchor up under a bridge and ride it out. Lightning, aluminum boat and graphite rods don’t seem to be a good mix. I try to get a good feel as to what my weather conditions are gonna be. I Have a weather radio onboard. 

[OmegaDPW]

10 hours ago, Susky River Rat said:

I won’t go out in rain. 

 

 Good to see I'm not the only one. If it's raining before I leave the house, I'm not going. If it starts to rain while I'm fishing, I'll stay a little while longer. 

 

 I have other hobbies that can be done indoors. 

[Zcoker]

Rain or shine, I am ready for both but try to stay clear of the lightening. Planning trips at night into the early morning usually keeps me high and dry. As far as productivity, I usually get all my action before the storm arrives or before the sky darkens up and right as the wind kicks up. 

[Choporoz]

I enjoy fishing in the rain.  Especailly in the summer.  Lightening is a deal breaker.  Rain with high winds, maybe 15+ mph will drive me off the water.  Rain in temps under 40 aren't fun.  Rain in temps between 40 and 60 are infinitely better with good jacket and bibs.  It took me way too many years to get bibs....game changer for me.  I didn't understand how much better bibs can be than even decent rain pants.