Wet Weather

[amateurfishing]

Anyone ever take the boat out in these super wet days with or without threatening conditions (thunder/lighting)?

[Scott K]

I only fish in the rain when it rains out, otherwise I avoid it

[SpecialK]

I have been caught in rain storms before with no problems. If it looks like lightning is coming I get the heck off the water asap.

[BobT]

I only fish in the rain when it rains out, otherwise I avoid it

That's good. I like that.

I've fished in heavy downpours. One year on a trip to a Canadian lake we had one day where it rained one minute and was sunny and hot the next. I never put my rain gear on and off so many times in my life. We even tried to cook a shore lunch while standing in a huddle with our rain coats open over the fire to keep it going.

Lightning? Even in the distance one is a fool to continue to stay out in the open in an aluminum conductor holding a graphite lightning rod in your hands. Get off the water when it is lightning. If you can see it at all, it is a threat even from the horizon.

Some of the best crappie fishing I ever experienced was during a heavy rain.

[Scott K]

Rain is only water, I like playing in water, as long as it is warm out. Lightning is electricity, and I dont like playing with electricity, especially around water.

[reinhard1]

i have fished in rain plenty of times. especialy trout fishing in streams where after a rain the stream comes alive and the trout are not as wary. only bad thing was that the mosquitoes found shelter under your hat or rain hood real quick. when i was younger and had little fear of lightning, it took a huge bolt of lightning on a canadian lake to strike a big pine on a island near us to put fear of that stuff in me real quick. when the bolt hit that pine it literaly blew the pine in half in and explosion that was loud and firery.

now i dont get too exited about light rain, but heavy rain is not part of my fishing time. i have had some good results as i said in trout streams during and after a "normal" rain and did well on lakes during and after a "normal" rain. good luck.

[Bobby Bass]

Have done real well fishing in the rain, of course better in the summer when it is warm as if you stay out long enough you are going to get wet no matter what. As noted lighting is a whole another matter and best to get off the water but them warm rains can be memory makers. Many a BWCA trip we would just fish in shorts and a hat and put clothes in a dry bag. Top water action can be surprisingly good and fish seem to wander out farther from their hideaways and attack zones get bigger.

[Sonicrunch]

What is the name of the device you can carry with you that will notify you of lighting strikes beyond visual range?

[Bobby Bass]

We have in the past kept an AM radio on, you can hear distance stikes when the radio gets static. It does work.

[Slabasaurus]

We have in the past kept an AM radio on, you can hear distance stikes when the radio gets static. It does work.

Heh. Yep, I've been doing this trick forever.

There are a handful of personal lightning detection systems out there.

As far as rain goes... as long as I have the proper attire, or at least a change of clothes or something to dry off with later, rain isn't going to keep my off the lake.

It might in november and march though.... i hate cold.

[Sonicrunch]

Now that is some good thinking right there.

[smalliehunter]

If I have a fiberglass boat and rods is the lightning still as big of a concern for me?

[motley man]

Was on Winnie years back and the sun was shining and fish biting, when one of the guts says look at my line as he let it out it made a loop from his pole to water 30 feet up. Only cloud was a long way off, and no rain. In five minutes peoples hair was standing straight up and those with graphite poles had to throw them down as it snapped when they let go. I never saw 20 boats make so much chatter and move so fast for shore. In minutes it rained, hailed, and windy. In minutes it was normal again. Very scary and strange.

[Farley]

Yes it should be.

[TruthWalleyes]

Anyone ever take the boat out in these super wet days with or without threatening conditions (thunder/lighting)?

I was fishing yesterday in 45mph winds.....Little wet in the drivers seat

[SpecialK]

If I have a fiberglass boat and rods is the lightning still as big of a concern for me?

In one word "yes".

[outdrzman78]

fished from 7am today till noon in the rain and the fish were on a frenzy

[Dbumb]

never go out when there is lightning and thunder, the fish get scared and they go deep for cover. and if you are out when there is lightning, GET OUT OF THE WATER cause you might be the only highest thing on the lake, so you dont fry up

[logon648]

What do the oar boats do in a lighting storm on the great lakes they don't seem to have any problems...Made of steel

[Hookey]

I like fishing in the rain as long as my feet are dry. Lightning is a concern but just cause it's raining does not mean you are in danger. Use your head and you can catch lots of fish while everyone else hides under the bed.

[RumRiverRat]

I derive all my power from lighting.

It is part of my electric personality!

[Stick in Mud]

I spent all of last week fishing in the rain on a BWCA trip. I guess I'd prefer it NOT be raining, but I'll take a good bite in the rain to a mediocre bite on a nice day every time. Heck, I'd take fishing in the rain to fishing in a big wind, too. I hate wind.

[Bobby Bass]

Just like tall buildings on land they have lightning rods connected by cable to capture strikes and transfer the strike to the ground, in this case water. Actually the steel hulls are better at this then a wood or fiberglass boat would be.