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Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 03:13 PM
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brlcr12
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Fishing in a 2 day tournament this weekend with 90-100% rain. Is it be better to throw dark baits as opposed to lighter colored baits? Thank in advance.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 03:25 PM
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epicoutdoors
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I fish a lot in the rain and have had great success with contrasting colors. There are no rules though so try different shades and figure out what's working on that day.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 03:27 PM
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brlcr12
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 03:31 PM
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John175☮
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I love fishing in rain. Throw your confidence baits.
No different than a cloudy day to the fish...they're already wet.
If the wind lays down I may fun-fish Texoma this weekend in the rain.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 04:17 PM
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Ricky Taylor
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I've only done good once in the rain. Drop shotting. Good luck.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 04:41 PM
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Fishin Machine
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I have done real well using spinnerbaits and crankbaits in heavy/moderate rains partly I think because the bass might want something moving. If you are a line watcher it is kinda hard to watch something like a jig when the surface is getting pounded with rain... Although dragging a jig or C-rig might work.
With that said the bass don't always follow the text books and we have to sometimes get out of our comfort zones and experiment with different techniques/baits..
Good Luck
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 05:29 PM
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buda13
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 05:43 PM
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David Burton
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Find one of the many bridges on your tournament lake... Oh, wait, don't do that!
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/20/15 05:58 PM
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Rudy Lackey
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/21/15 02:23 AM
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Donald Harper
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Orange spinner bait if it really gets bad. Go to the heaviest cove you can find on small flats in the last 1/3 of the creeks. Where the creek makes the bend is the best small point to fish.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/21/15 02:40 AM
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Kevin Bryant
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Rain doesn't typically bother fish. I tend to think it gets them looking up, but I don't know if there is any truth to that. I love throwing loud topwaters when it's raining, like the buzzbait mentioned above.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/21/15 02:54 AM
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Garvin
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I love fishing in the rain. My best days of fishing have been when it was wet out. I like to throw plastics in any shade of green, and squarebills, shad colored.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/21/15 04:38 AM
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lconn4
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Nothing like a hard rain to clear out the community holes.
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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#11176112
10/21/15 10:46 AM
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Jigfish
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Hard rain washes your boat carpet.
Thanks,
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Re: Fishing in heavy/moderate rain?
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10/21/15 11:06 AM
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206champion
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Some of my most memorable days are of fishing in the rain just use what you have confidence in and adjust from there.
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