[Got Fish?]

Is there a major effect of fishing in the rain. I know this is controversial, but do you guys notice a difference when fishing in the rain... Better or worse?

 

[Thrifty Angler]

Fall noreaster...windy and rainy....can't beat it for spot, drum, and larger croaker.
That's how it seems to go on the east coast...Virginia from my experience.

 

[ThisFish]

Is there a major effect of fishing in the rain. I know this is controversial, but do you guys notice a difference when fishing in the rain... Better or worse?

When I lived in Cuba, we used to get daily showers during the rainy season, kinda like what happens in Florida. The bite would always turn on during these brief 30 min showers.

 

[marv1234]

Fall noreaster...windy and rainy....can't beat it for spot, drum, and larger croaker.
That's how it seems to go on the east coast...Virginia from my experience.

True, fish one morning with 25mph winds and rain at seagull pier. Caught more fish in 1 hour than I did all day the day before.

 

[Manlystanley]

I always thought that fish knew that stuff gets washed in with the rain. So, they would go searching for it.

 

[digiRAMbo]

Through research & experimenting, I found it to be good right before rain to just beginning of rain and after the rain. Keep in mind that rain is related to change in pressure, which has a noticeable impact on fishing.

 

[jay b]

To me rain only has one bad effect on fishing and that's when it muddies the water in tidal inshore areas if you're fishing with lures. Rain, as mentioned, does sometimes come with east wind that improves beach fishing on our coast because all the bait is blown towards the shore not to mention it stirs up the beach wash and that gets the bottom feeders chewing. Pressure (low) does affect the fish also and when they feel it coming they turn on to feeding before the storm but once the low pressure and bad weather is here it usually shuts/slows down the catching.