How is the Bite after a day of Rain?

[arul]

Hi,

I am in Florida, so the temp is great.  Water and air is around 75 degrees.  However, it has been raining all day long.  I was planning on going fishing tomorrow, but was not sure how a day of rain would affect the bite.  It should be clear and calm in the morning....should I get on the water?

any thoughts about this subject?

thanks.

[Bassboy15]

Lol it rains in Florida everyday!

[Catt]

Fish don't mind getting wet  

[arul]

so you don't think it'll matter much?  it won't spook them or something?  I am kinda new, and have never fished a day after a big rain...

[b@ssman]

look for some runoffs i have caught some of my biggest fish after afternoon thunderstorms

[Guest muddy]

Good time to work the shore line, look for runoffs, toss weightless t rigged worms at em, especially if theyre is cover and deeper water nearbye,

[XcoM274]

Look for banks that the wind blew against or where rain is running into the lake. The key is muddy water. This hides the baitfish and they concentrate in it sometimes because of the wind and others because of increased oxygen or cover. Throw rattling lures or lures that displace a lot of water if you find these conditions. Typically with high pressure the bite will slow and high pressure usually follows fronts. Check your pressure and see where it is. If there's more rain forwcasted you might want to get ready for an excellent day of fishing. Overcast and holding or falling low pressure can bring high action fishing. Look for the fish to be higher in the water column in general, as the rain is both oxygenating and nitrogenizing the water. Nitrogen sounds useless to fish, and it is, but algaes feed on it, baitfish on the algaes and therefore they will be topwater foraging and the bass won't be able to resist. A more detailed description of location etc would be a little more helpful but hopefully that gets you somewhere.

[John J.]

what I understand is, before a rainstorm hits and after a good rain, fishing is at it's peak. Before the rain comes the pressure builds up and the skies become cloudy, preventing the sun from penetrating, this allows bass to move into the shallows to feed.

After the rains, you can find bass in most run off areas (mostly creeks) because after the rain, the creeks will become more flooded, washing crayfish and other food particles into the lake or pond, smaller food fragments are washed in, attracting bait-fish and therefore bass follow.

I've had luck during the rain also. During the rain the bass are semi-shallow (5-12') I assume that the noise of the rain hitting the water spooks them a little from going too shallow, but the overcast skies is perfect weather for them to move into the shallows to feed.

JMO  

[Wayne P.]

John J., you are correct about most, but the atmospheric pressure is falling (lower) prior to a front and that is a contributing factor in the fish activity. The post front is the high pressure period with difficult fishing conditions. In Florida, a high pressure period is the worst condition for fishing success.

[GatorTom]

Arul,

Where are you at in Florida?  We had rain here all day yesterday too.  I went this morning and caught 10 bass within a little over an hour.  All were along the shore using a 5" weightless Senko.

[Cory20]

After a day of rain I'm usually at work or class because it's monday.

[IDbasser]

some of my best fishing has been IN the rain.  

[Paul Roberts]

Too little info. Fishing success  (and failure -if you want to call it that) revolves around a cascade of real events that you track at diff scales: genetic, seasonal, local, immediate, contianing a host of characters (food web). Tracking those events is difficult bc we just can't be out there that often.

Rain likely represents a change. Good or bad depends.

Rain might be good (associated with overcast and sometimes wind,...). Rain can be bad (temp drop, excessive wind,...