Probably a little late for this post.

I have my first tourney of the year tomorrow. It's on 7 lakes or so on an 8000 acre river system. I got out 4x this week to prefish and found a handful of spots that are holding fish. Fish are in pre spawn did see a couple beds with males getting ready. Water levels are low and temps very from 56-66 degrees, clarity varies from stained to gin clear. Biting fish were all in stained water. Caught fish on jignpigs and senkos, nothing on cranks or spinners. I saw fish in the clear water but they were very spooky. Pre fishing conditions were blue bird skies winds varied from no wind to 15mph depending on the day air temps mid to upper 50's. I found fish every day out.

Tomorrows conditions are: supposed to get thunderstorms and an inch of rain tonite. Steady rain tomorrow with another 1/2" accumulation. 15mph constant with 30mph gusts. Temp high is 50 degrees. (Oh boy, I can't wait )

My ? is Should I concentrate on areas and patterns that were successful during prefishing? I'm wondering if the fish will pull out of the creeks and harbor areas and go to where the current is. This is also the first rain of the season.

Also, the fish in the clear water should be less spooky with overcast and chop. Do you think these fish will be negatively affected by the new conditions.

I'm fully prepared for a tough bite and just want to maximize my time on the water.

Thanks

If what you practiced shuts down, you could try to get a quick limit of males making the bed w/ a lizard, then head for the money fish in the staging area with a spinner bait, but i never fished that lake so its kind of dock talk.

good luck.