Lures and Rain ?

[BassDawg]

LOVE the rain, and so do the feeshes!
During full moons i pray for cloud cover, pissing rain.
Two of my biggest bites last year were cloud covered, rain soaked fulls, right tide, right place. Still chunked, eeeeeeeled, and sluggoed. imho, it makes them bolder and adds cover to the night.

Use whichever plugs work without the rain at yer spot.
Only in gale force would i change up to a HAB'S gale force needle, BM Cowboy, jig and pig, diving darter, or a weighted rigged sluggo. something to get deep and stay deep thru the retrieve .

[piemma]

Doesn't have anything to do with the rain specifically. It's the barometric pressure.

I know 2 Narragansett sharpies who have consistently caught the biggest and the most Stripers year in and year out for 20+ years.

They have made a science of the barometric pressure rises and drops and how it affects the bass bite. They may not be right all the time but they are right more times then not.

I have had discussions with them and they really charted the pressure and the resulting fishing and the one thing the remained constant was that Bass bite on a front. High pressure coming in, low pressure coming in. It didn't matter. When there was a dramatic change in barometric pressure the bass turned on.

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by piemma

Doesn't have anything to do with the rain specifically. It's the barometric pressure.

I know 2 Narragansett sharpies who have consistently caught the biggest and the most Stripers year in and year out for 20+ years.

They have made a science of the barometric pressure rises and drops and how it affects the bass bite. They may not be right all the time but they are right more times then not.

I have had discussions with them and they really charted the pressure and the resulting fishing and the one thing the remained constant was that Bass bite on a front. High pressure coming in, low pressure coming in. It didn't matter. When there was a dramatic change in barometric pressure the bass turned on.

you beat me too it! but now i feel validated in something.. finally.