diver1 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 what are everyones thoughts on fishing in the rain?????????????? does the rain bring the fish on? does it shut them down? does it make them more picky? or do you not know because you dont fish in the rain? also is the fishing beter after the rain? your thoughts will be greatly appreciated. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I always associated rain and overcast with good fishing, low pressure, clouds and rain and im heading for the boat ramp!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDrought Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 If I am after freshwater fish then it is after rain without a doubt, it has always brought the bigger fish on the bite for me. As for saltwater fishing my results are not as clear - Some good, some very bad BUT, that may just be because the fish are getting smarter & I am getting dumber. Cheers Jas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Hi Diver1 Any weather change is a good one if you are on the water fishing at the onset. The mouth of a river or a little outside the heads at the colour line, which you have to look back for from further out, fishes well when there has been heavy flooding with too much freshwater coming into the salt and enough mud which takes the oxgen out sufficiently for fish to have to head outside and these are times when bait fish become food for predators and incoming pelagics. It's also good to be fishing when black rain clouds and rain come out of nowhere on constantly good boating days, although it's still a eather change as I have referred to above, but sudden rain is not necessarily always a conditions change unless it is ongoing and that's best identified by reading a barometer and noting the fluctuation. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratbag Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 G'day gang jewgaffer has it pretty much down pat.The only thins I would add is.When you've got showers and it's overcast fish like bream bite alittle more freely .And on a safty point if you are fishing some where like the beach and you see lighting.Get the hell out of there.Long rods ,open spacees and lighting tend to go together in a most unfortunate way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I've always associated rain with wishing I'd stayed in bed. (some of the hottest trout action I ever got in Tassie was in the rain though... but nowhere near as enjoyable as polaroiding on a blue sky day) Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPL Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 After heavy downfalls in the Port hacking area fishing for Whiting and Bream becomes easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have had good success after some rain. but it depends on where i am fishing. if you fish further upstream, i find the freshwater from the rain can push the fish further downstream. i fish up past roseville quite a bit, and surprisingly, i caught my biggest flathead after 1 weeks worth of heavy rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewau Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 where abouts do you guys check the barometer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi waynie Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 where abouts do you guys check the barometer? You can can check the barometer at www.bom.gov.au As for the rain, good on the build up and during. If it's a flood type down pour not so good till it starts to clear then it will be come very good while it clears this applies to all fishing by my reconing, but when it comes to flood conditions that color change can go off hey. Lata Raidas. Waynie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Jam sandwiches get soggy and don't taste very nice. Difficult to light your cigarette and keep it lit. Spectacles have no wipers so vision becomes blurred. Boat fills up with water from rain, sh#t - have to bail out. Beer is diluted by effects of rain. Can't be bothered fishing cause fingers too bloody cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewau Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 sorry but where abouts on the www.bom.gov.au site please, just had a look - confused as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 After rain in the georges and the bay fires up but in the hacking the kingies and squid move to the entrance so if your fishing the entrance its very good but if your after squid dont even waste any time A.dawg~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 some of my better catches have been in weather so bad that the average joe wont go out in! In my experience rain is usually a good thing. I remember fishing in the rain one day at brooklyn years ago with another guy and i still remember to this day we caught 25 bream 15 flathead 7 flounder and a 2lb whiting - we had that much rain the water rose over the bridge at north richmond that night! another time about10 years ago 1 week after mothers day it rained for about a week and the river turned chocolate colour in 4 trips to the windsock at laughtondale I caught 2 ten pound jew a 9 lb jew and several around 5-6 lb as well as anywhere between 6 and a dozen flathead every trip and hundreds of small jew, the fishing was so intense it was impossible to fish with more than 1 rod! Another night at wiso's a storm hit and just as the storm was building and we were deciding whether to go or risk getting caught in it, my mate caught a 9lb jew and a 12 lb jew in about 5mins - needless to say we got a wet bum on the way back , but it was worth it! Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewfishnetter Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 bad weather is one thing i love fishing in. The rain most of all keeps the water traffic to a minimum which i think has a posative effect on fishing. after a huge amount of rain i no in my neck of the woods the catches decline and will normally take a couple of weeks before the action gets back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver1 Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 very interesting, keep them comeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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