ANY IDEAS BASS FISHERMAN???????

[cichlid fiend]

Well i stoped at a lake around the corner from my house today after work. I caught one when i first got there and had CP get off shortky after the first catch. I went like 30 minutes with out getting a bite. A massive down pour of rain came out of no where, but as the true fisherman i didnt leave.

Soon as the rain came i caught 5 small bass on 7 cast and after the rain stoped i couldnt buy a bite. So my question is what caused the bass to all of a sudden to start biting CRAZY. Here are a couple theorys that i have.

1-They couldnt see the bait fish as good cause of the heavy rain(all fish had big bellys meaning they were eating on the crappie fry)

2-the down pour sent them into a feeding frenzy

FWI-I had been in the same spot casting for like 20 minutes before the rain came and wasnt getting anything. The only thing that changed was the fact that it was raining. Same bait and same spot.

I WOULD LIKE TO HERE THE OPINIONS OF MY FELLOW BASS FISHERMEN cause this is messing with my BRAIN.

 

[likestofish]

probably the bait became denser at inflow spots looking for food and the bass did the same

 

[cichlid fiend]

probably the bait became denser at inflow spots looking for food and the bass did the same

I dont get what your tring to say.

 

[fobrinkle]

I can't explain it but I have seen it too. A couple of lakes that I fish at, we catch fish constant for 20 minutes, bites almost every cast. Then they shutoff for a half hour.

 

[cichlid fiend]

I can't explain it but I have seen it too. A couple of lakes that I fish at, we catch fish constant for 20 minutes, bites almost every cast. Then they shutoff for a half hour.

Well thats normal but i would like to know how the rain effected it.

 

[likestofish]

Im saying that the rain washes bugs and other food items and nutrients into the water. The bait fish are trying to feed and so are the bass

 

[dingoofus]

Maybe, the rain hitting the water attracts the curious fish to go have a look at whats making the noise etc, then when they get there they see a nice tasty meal in the form of your bait waiting for them, lol.

 

[cichlid fiend]

Im saying that the rain washes bugs and other food items and nutrients into the water. The bait fish are trying to feed and so are the bass

Oh ok i see what you were tring to say now

 

[cichlid fiend]

Maybe, the rain hitting the water attracts the curious fish to go have a look at whats making the noise etc, then when they get there they see a nice tasty meal in the form of your bait waiting for them, lol.

Maybe or they were having a hard time seeing the bait fish due to the heavy rain and my spinner bait stuck out like a light bulb in the dark. They were difinetely eating tho cause everyone i caught had a big belly on it. Here the crappie have finished spawning so there is alot of little babies holding close to the shore line.

 

[kzimmerman]

It could also have been a change in the light levels. Predators eyes adjust faster to changes in light levels than most baitfish, so a sudden change in luminosity can trigger feeding. Bass are also most active at dawn and dusk, so maybe the clouds simulated nightfall and triggered a feeding response. Also, if it starts pouring, it could cause the baitfish hiding in the shallows to become skittish and flee to deeper water, putting them in the area of the bass. There are thousands of way's to explain how these things can happen, but the gist is, no one really knows. We've spent hours discussing phenomena such as this at the fly shop, and collected tons of data about these things. It was a common conception that changes in barometric pressure triggered feeding responses, however we were able to prove that it didn't. Most likely was the change in the weather that was associated with barometric changes. It could also have been that the color of your spinnerbait was wrong for the prerain period, but just what was in order for the rain period.
Fishing can be funny. I once was catching shad on every cast, using a pink fly and a cortland 250 line. Everyone else there was given the same fly, but couldn't buy a bite. As it turned out, all the fish had stacked up in a current seam that was only fishable from where I was standing. 2-3 feet in one direction or the other, they woudn't hit.
In the end, I'd rather be lucky than good.