fishing in the rain

[krause]

Is beach fishing in the rain bad? No lightning, just rain. Does it effect the bight allot?

Cheers

[Nas]

In my experience when you have windy and rainy weather like at the moment, the fish tend not to bite, that's just my personal experience to be honest, others may have had better luck though. Good luck.

[Jew Stalker]

Some say it improves it... most steer away from it though as you have a tendency to get cold and wet. Fish do seem more active when the sun is not blaring down on them though so I would say it actually improves it somewhat.

Luc.

[Paikea]

Is beach fishing in the rain bad? No lightning, just rain. Does it effect the bight allot?

Depends where you are fishing, tide, beach formation, waves etc all seem to be more critical in heavy rain. Sometimes the fish will bite their heads off but it is bloody uncomfortable standing in the rain. And lightning can appear fairly suddenly in which case you don't want to be holding a graphite rod.

On the other hand, fishing in the rain in an estuary can be quite productive, particularly where creeks run into bigger water and washing bait fish into the main stream where the bigger fish will be waiting. Providing you have some shelter not a bad experience.

Cheers

Paikea

[Yowie]

Colour in the water after heavy rain can bring the fish on the bite, especially the jewies around the mouth of a river, and nearby along a beach section close to the river outlet.

[krause]

Well we are going to give it a go. Little to no wind, 1m swell, little moon and a rising tide on dark spell potential, lets just hope the rain isnt to horrid.

cheers