Went to mt favorite crappie dock on travis last night, The bite was slow as we had heavy rains for about four hours.We ended up with six very nice crappie for the night.not so good.does any one know if rain effect the crappie bite? well nothing was biting except for perch.water was about 35 ft deep and has warmed up to 60 degrees. two weeks ago it was 56 degrees.fish on........

I have seen a big rain cause a current here on CC. The current will sometimes make the bite stop. It will also muddy up the water. Overall the rain doesnt effect the fishing unless it is a big rain that changes the water temp, color, & current. Sometimes it's the front that will change the way the fish bite.

Here's a bassproshops primer that is good reading and re-reading that may help you with your quest.....

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.C...2_04_06-_-29704

Yet other fine articles...

http://www.gameandfishmag.com/fishing/crappies-panfish-fishing/gf_aa036103a/

http://www.bnmpoles.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=110

http://www.bnmpoles.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=103

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http://www.aa-fishing.com/tx/texas-crappie-fishing.html

thank you so very much for the info.the temp stayed the same may have dropped a few degrees, but it was a solid hard rain for 4 hrs strait. couldnt see a current like i have been the past few weeks. thanks

In my expierence fishing rain does seem to effect the bite. Fish always seem to bite excellent just before and during but bite seems to slow after front moves through.

It never rains where the fish are

Didn't hurt it much at Lewisville this morning. I just put 50 filets in the freezer.

I do not think rain affects it much...BUT runoff definately will. The rain from yesterday did not stain the water today. They bit a little early, but the front definatly has messed up the biting in a big way. I think Guy caught 16 fish this morning, good day, and very surpising. I didn't think they would bite at all. AND I was right for the afternoon. I fished for over 4 hours and had exactly one bite. Normally, even on the worst of days, I can catch at least 5 or 6, plus some more bites. The last few days has been brutal.

Water temp fluctuation has more to do with fish biting than anything, in my estimation. Like I have said to the many nay sayers....turn off your fish tank heater for two hours...then feed them...and see what happens. They will NOT eat. If they could swim to another area where the temps where the same, would they eat? Yes. I think it is not nearly as complicated as people make it out to be. Drop the temp in the SAME water...fish become sluggish...if they can leave...they will. etc, etc, etc

Three questions
Are youll fishing with jigs only.
Why deep is the water in the area around youlls office.
And do youll almost alway work the jig at 8 ft down .
Thanks

have been fishing with jigs and minnows, jigum jigs various colors,water is 35 ft deep, the temp was 56 a few weeks ago last night it was 61,caught one slab in 4 hrs.only 3 or 4 bites total. this is the same spot i was catching my limit every other night a few weeks ago. the wind was blowing steady out of the west last night but no luck.

Hi Mark,

I only use jigs. If they do not bite on jigs, I rarely ever switch to minnows...just do not care to fish like that. The water must be about 15 feet? in the slips. The fish have been on the bottom for the last couple of weeks. When the water was more stable, I could get them to chase it up...the last couple of weeks that method has not worked well as they will not get off the bottom, in general. The "elevator" method worked very very well when the fish will move....now, you pretty much have to move it slow, maybe a twitch...I raise it still...but if you get more than a foot up...the rest of the move up is a waste of time, as they won't move right now.

I like to fish with jigs only myself.Thoughs people at the docks allways out fish me with thoughs darn minnows.Im just about to brake and buy some.
I always fish with tubes maybe thats part of my problem but I dought it.
The waters the some deepth under our slip,I was just wondering.

I have switched to feather jigs...but plenty of guys catch plenty using plastic also. Most of the old timers that use plastic use the little grub panfish assasin thingys.

Im off work all week.I well try every thing but the sink.
Oh the fishing is allways about the same for me, Slow. Rain,wind,hot,or cold.
But I like it.

I have seen weather changes of all kinds turn bites for all types of fish on and off. It seems to depend on a lot of other factors as to what the result will be.

Here is one thing though that I have noticed with all the fish I keep in tanks. On any day with a big drop in pressure the fish will be slow, they all group together and don't move around much.

On sunny high pressure days they are active and stay spread out in the aquarium.

While inside my house and in their water with a heater the fish don't seem much difference from a temperature and light standpoint they still react. This makes me think that the pressure change has the biggest effect on fish when fronts move in and out,