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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
.......any truth to the theory that the warm water fish in the lake like sunfish and smallmouth bass in the shallows will be likely to be feeding and easier to catch when it rains because the rain washes insects into the lake?
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FLL, the rain does affect how fish behave, but not because of the rain fall. It's the change in barometric pressure!!!
It isn't so much an issue of whether or not it's raining, but rather how the storm front lowers the barometric pressure. When the pressure drops nerves on their sides tell the fish two things. 1. The water is going to stir up making feeding easier BUT 2, eventually it could get too rough and they may not be eating for a while. This tells them to feed and eat more than usual to store in case the next meal is delayed. They will feed until it's too rough or the wind has cooled the top enough to send them deeper.
Right now the bass are bedding in the rocky shallows, they are at the end of pre-spawn with mandatory catch and release from May 15 to June 15.