Is the fishing better in the rain?

[Fish_Eye]

Just the other day I was diving on Brenton Reef when I noticed some ominous clouds coming in from the west. I decided to move in closer to shore, so I paid a visit to an area that has given up monster stripers...fish over 60 pounds. Just before I rolled off my kayak the black clouds closed in. The water was exceptionally clear but the visibility was hampered by a steady loss of overhead light, then it started to rain. A squall blew over the area and I could feel the rain pelting my back so hard that it almost hurt through a 3 mm wetsuit. It also quickly reduced the surface water temperature in only a few minutes. The winds gusted to over 30 knots and I was glad to be under the water as opposed to being on the kayak. As the storm intensified I noticed that the stripers were coming into the shallow water to check out the ribbon of white water that was forming along the shoreline. The area I was in was adjacent to some pretty deep water and the stripers were definitely making the trip from deep water to skinny water, and they were on the hunt.

Do you think that the fishing is better in the rain? Why? Do you have any rainy day stories?

Here are some pictures that chronicle the passing storm above the water line.