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Originally Posted by BigFish
Rain, especially in May.....gives me some of the best topwater fishing of the season! I love sloppy days in May! Fish don't know its raining....sure its something to do with barometric pressure or something! Try the top first and if you have no luck....go deeper!  |
they know its raining alright. like you said the sense the pressure drop. lateral lines are cool for things like that.
that said, in the rain i used to like sub surface. 2-3 inches down.. or how ever far you can get it and still make a wake. i suppose in that case surface works too. problem i had is when i was pluggin like crazy.. (depending on how hard it was comin down) i had nothing that churned up the surface enough to go fully top water. alot of surface lures rely on splashing around and causing a raucous. if they rain is really comin down it's hard to make alot of plugs louder than the rain drops. so i stuck with anything that swam and vibrated under water. i just feel like it's easier to hone in on. fish will come up to the surface more willingly in the rain. just hafta figure out a way to get their attention over the din of the rain.
also i found rain to be all nice and what not.. but if the storm is gonna be a doozy i find the bite to be great just before up till the start of the storm. something about the pressure levels dropping to a certain level sets them off and once it gets to low turns them off.
but what do i know i had a crappy year last year.