Does it matter if you fish in the rain or when its not raining?
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There are less people on the water.\nYou save sun screen.\nBut, the fish bite the same.\n\nI think sometimes people say they bite better in rain. However, I think they do hit better before the rain, and that you get a little carry over if you stay and soak.\n\nJust enjoy being on the water.
949297
some of you are having trouble wrapping your heads around this issue.\n\nok: if you lean forward while you run, you will get less wet than if you  didn't lean forward while running. get it? if you lean forward enough, only your head and shoulders will get wet (and probably your legs) because you are moving forward.\n\nand if you walk, you still want to lean forward slightly. because if you do, you will have less surface area getting wet (because, although you are walking, you are still moving)\n\n\nso........ whether you walk or run, it depends upon the conditions as to which will get you wetter. and also it depends upon your position. if it is a light rain, and you lean far forward and run, you might not be as wet as if you would have walked the same distance.\n\nand also, there comes a point where it is raining so hard that it is better to run and get out of the rain sooner, than get soaked everywhere anyway by walking.\n\n\nthe whole issue really depends on personal preference.\nwhat do you like doing better, running or walking?
3504
Fishing rocks!  I go for freshwater fish.  Bass are big up here.  Any kinda fish is fun.  A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work!
1044964
The weight of water equals the weight of the cloud, since the cloud is nothing but water. If it loses water by raining, the cloud loses that amount of weight.
376703
Sure... smaller streams will be easier.  Places where there are planters are easier.  Wild fish are tougher, but more attractive.  Trout need 3 things... Oxygene, Cover and food.  They will be holding in water that can provide them these things... generally in at least a foot of water, usually more.  Fish will be found on seams, where a faster current meets a slower current.  The slower current means the fish doesn't have to work as hard, and the faster current brings more food by.\n\nTrout need cooler water... they won't survive in water in the mid 70's.\n\nTrout are normally at or near the bottom of the stream bed, so you need to get whatever you are fishing with near the bottom.  You'll snag up, but that's where the fish are.
500748
LOL boy you must just be getting started on learning but I love to fish so I will tell ya what it means.  When your lure hits the water you start counting 1001 1002 ect til your on the bottom.  You can tell you have hit bottom by the slack of your line.  This is how you judge how far you have dropped in the water the next time you cast then your able to fish the middle, below middle, or the top half ect..
166315
go fishing again that ain't so hard only if u ask
1081291
It all depends on what you are fishing for (probably when and where, too).\n\nStriped bass and large red drum like the surf torn up a bit (this holds for NC beaches in the fall, for example).\n\nBut if you're fishing for ocean panfish (spots, croakers) or other gamefish (spanish, trout), you are generally (but not always) wasting your time when the surf is running hard and/or high.
1174297
It depends on you and the fish.... Your skill level and the fish's hinger level....lol.  Honestly, I know it sounds funny but when I started fishing ..... 30 plus years ago... I fell into the whole thing of only 1 hour before and 2 hours after sunrise and the 2 hour before sunset and one past.  I missed out on alot of great fishing!! I fish about three to four times a week during my lunch break with great success(I only do catch and release during lunch).   Now frankly, I have my best success from 1 hour before and 2 hours after sunrise and the 2 hour before sunset and one past.... but if you have the skills and bait and lures... you can land fish all day long.
80122
Best time to fish depends largely on where in OH and when it the body of water is stocked. Along the Ohio River the time of year for best fishing depends on the pool and the type of fish you are going for.  Typically between June and August are great times to fish, but good fishing in general picks up around April. Website may help clear some things up.  But it is up to you to clear your schedule up. Afternoon fishing may be the best time.
586290
About three years ago when these things were the "hot new item any fisherman needed in his tackle box" I went out and bought a couple of my favorite colors.  I tried them out and caught fish.  It wasn't like they hit the water and all of a sudden fish from the whole lake were fighting for it, but I caught fish nonetheless.\n\nI'm the type of person that if something works, I'm going to use it.  I'm also the type of person that when the fish are biting, and biting good, I'll throw a couple different things at them just to see if they're picky about what they're hitting.  Almost every time I've caught fish on a Yamamoto Senko, (except when they're hitting Yamamotos in tournaments and I don't want to take the chance of wasting casts,) I've thrown a ZOOM trickworm in right behind it and had bites.  I'm not going to sit here and tell you that it's not worth your money, because you're fishing in Pennsylvania, and I'm in NC.  However, down here, I haven't noticed a difference significant enough to warrant spending the extra money.\n\nI like to have as many options available to me when I'm on the water though so I will admit that I do have about 10 different senkos in my bags.  They aren't used too often anymore, but they're still in there.
708810
if it is in ca. yes unless you fish from a pier
137530
The rain has to start/stop somewhere. It just happens to have stopped, or started, in that spot.
706788
Well, it depends really on what part of the country you are in.  Some places go out in the morning and catch Shad.  They are the flat, wide and really shiny minnows.  The others are just minnows that they caught I am not sure of the technical names of them all.
855887
in water or a fish market or fish bowl
613860
The best retrieve is the one that catches fish on any given day.  Different retrieves work in different circumstances.  Experiment a little until you hit one that works where you are.  Watch the insects or minnows you are mimicking and copy them. Good luck.
871293
Imagine you had an umbrella.  If you walked in the rain with it... you'd likely not get wet at all.  Now if you ran with it, you would... same principle applies to _HOW_ wet you get without one.\n\nI personally run when it's raining because I don't like cold rain on the back of my neck... the best of both worlds is to run with you torso bent at a 45 degree angle.  The amount of water landing on your body is about the same, but the chinese water torture doesn't last as long.\n\nHow wet does a sponge sphere get when getting from point A to point B at different speeds?  It really depends on the density and velocity of the rain and the surface area of the sphere.  Assuming constant density and gravitational velocity with no wind factor... the wet amount is inversely proportional to the velocity.  \n\nBest case scenario, sphere moving at the speed of light would collect all droplets "suspended" in mid air in its path.  Worst case scenario, speed of sphere at near zero, would approach "infinitely" wet... right??\n\nNow a sponge swells up as it gets wet... but that's a different issue we don't wanna talk about :)