Thread: Fishing after rain or front?

Wait??? I never let a little rain or sometimes a lot of rain stop me.

I agree with Bill.

You guys don’t feel that they quit biting after a big rain?


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Since when does the fish not biting keep a fisherman off the water? Lol

Seriously, the rain has less to do with the bite than the barometric pressure. Most of the time after a front passes through the pressure will be higher for a day or two and the fish will be more finicky. They can still be caught though. Slow and small is the ticket. By all means don’t stay home!


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why wait till it quits is my question ?
if you can stand it go chase them
i have managed some real good days in the rain and cold .
matter of fact 2 of the largest crappie i have managed in the last couple of years bit in the rain and cold
the wait for it to pass is more about the hunter than the hunted in my opinion

The fish normally go deep after a front or big rain, go anyway- they have to eat.

Not hijacking your thread Tiger, this question is related. In my head, when the barometer is high the fish come shallow to take pressure off of their swim
bladder. When the pressure is low they go deeper to put more pressure on their swim bladder. Am I thinking right or do I have it upside down. Then
there is the rising water/falling water, I understand that part. I do know when everything is wrong things can still go right.

Lot of good thoughts here. I do know they eat every day and where did the food move to gets very important. They are not very aggressive if the barometer goes up post front and if they fed well pre-front then its really hard to feed them. Pressure can effect the gas bladder and does, but that water pressure from baro change effects every square inch of the fishes body till it acclimates eyes, stomach, to the new pressure. Pressure is pushing in on the even the brain. They just don't feel very good. If the barometer goes down they feel light and happy. The look for the best diner around. Post frontal just change how and wher you are fishing. Sorry for being so windy here.