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Headed out onto a very rainy lake this morning with two other boaters who were crazy enough to head out into the rain. I should probably be living in the Pacific Northwest because I LOVE the rain and especially fishing in it! My bilge pump kicked on about every 15min or so pumping out a few gallons of water each time!

My face took a beating on my first run out this morning from the rain drops smacking the crap out of me but all was good once I got to my area. Started throwing a blade and a crank looking for a reaction bite. Hung one on the crank but it got me in a bush and popped off. After about 30min with nothing else, out came the dropshot rods. Got a little 8” guy on the first cast. Slowly worked my way out the 50’ area. Lots of fish still deep but they didn’t want to play today. Moved back shallower to 25-30ft and started fan casting the area. Got 5 during the heavy rain until about 10:30. Things slowed when the rain did but picked up a little later again.

Ended the day with 9 landed and 5 break offs in the bushes. All on the dropshot. Biggest was 2.6

Only one other guy left in the lot with me when I pulled out at 4pm

No tank top today? Hahaha

You win an award for this. Persistence maybe…or just plain crazy about fishing LOL! Nice work

Rippinlips wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:19 am No tank top today? Hahaha

It’s under all the rain gear!

LOL!! I love it!!

I only have two days a week right now that I can fish and I’ll be damned if a “little” weather is going to get in the way

Had some great days in the rain. Just need the gear to be comfortable and your good. Come to think of it, I have never been chased off the lake in the rain due to wind. The ocean is another story.

Way to get out there!

Did ya get cold? Seems like you would be cold!

Fisheromen wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:27 pm Did ya get cold? Seems like you would be cold!

I'm cold just looking at him!

I got so cold looking at Moose in the pic that
I had to put on my heavy winter jacket this morning to finish that meme.

I was actually really surprised that it wasn’t all that cold. WET, but not too cold. Thankfully there really wasn’t much breeze all day. I didn’t need to put on gloves at all which really surprised me. That suit is an insulated set so it kept me plenty warm