When it's RAINING.....

[EC]

Or which ones oblige least?

I have generally done ok for river species in heavy prolonged rain, but not so some stillwater species.

Roach, perch, carp and occasionally crucians I have caught during heavy rain, but I cannot remember catching tench in any numbers during rainfall.

 

[Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)]

Barbel!!!

 

[EC]

What about stillwaters Ronald?

 

[captain carrott]

stillwater barbel.


i've had both tench and carp in the pouring rain in still waters, especially after a long hot bit when you get a thunderstorm.


and bream like rain as well.

 

[Graham Whatmore]

My experience is that fish are put off feeding during prolonged rain especially if its heavy on rivers and pools but come back on or start even, when it stops, I think this applies to all fish. Rain and wind always affect fishing to a greater or lesser degree depending on the severity of it, wind putting a chop on pools is like switching on for fish to start feeding, flat calm can mean poor fishing. No hard and fast rules though as with most things in fishing.

 

[Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)]

Most fish seem to stop feeding when it is hammering in down. This has been my experience in several countries of the world, although there can be exceptions.

I have caught lots of fish when there has been a slight drizzle. In fact last week I caught lots and lots of tench and bream under these conditions.

The fish that seem to really turn off when it rains are trout, pike, bass and other predators.

 

[pcpaulh]

Carp didn't mind the torriential rain today, althogh I didn't get that eel. Again.

 

[pcpaulh]

Ron saying that I had 3 pike in a day during the winter when it chucking it down?

 

[The Monk]

its not so much the rain as its temperiture, although carp usually start feeding after the storm, when everything goes quiet nd the water turns to a mirror like image

 

[EC]

I can remember catching chub quite a few times during a serious downpour.

 

[Bully]

COuldn't say as I pack up and go!