I am a weather watcher first and foremost for safety. Second for optimum Bass fishing conditions.

 

I have caught some my biggest Largemouth Bass in what the rule book says were less than ideal weather days to go fishing. Go figure.

 

As long as it’s safe, just go fishing. You never know what can happen.

4 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

I am a weather watcher first and foremost for safety. Second for optimum Bass fishing conditions.

 

I have caught some my biggest Largemouth Bass in what the rule book says were less than ideal weather days to go fishing. Go figure.

 

As long as it’s safe, just go fishing. You never know what can happen.

That's one of the reasons I don't even pay attention to it at all. Looking at the weather for me means to make sure it's safe (lightning), that I won't get run off (high wind and rain), and that I won't be miserable (freezing or boiling).

 

My biggest bass have all come on hot summer days when it's supposed to be tough. The best days for numbers are also hot summer days. The sunnier the better. These are the conditions that the books say are bad.

 

So...pffffft

My biggest concern is how well graphite rods conduct electricity, watch the lightning and keep the rods down from standing in rodholders. Fishing with lightning around could be fatal. Just rain and I'm fishing, goes back to when I salmon fished, they can go into a feeding mode when the rain hits the water. This week got hammered by two different thunderstorms while fishing the 6 miles back to launch. When I got to the old dirt launch I was amazed two fellas were standing there fishing in the rain soaked just like me. One had caught a decent bass as I rounded the bend to land. Go figure, will try some of A-jays methods and check them out.

If I didn’t fish when there was lightning in the area, I would never fish. It can happen on the Fourth of July and Christmas and anywhere in between. It typically happens when the weatherman says it will not so why listen to him???