Hey fellas,

I made a post a few days ago about fishing in the rain and wether to do it or not because of the air temp and weather conditions...but after some peer pressure I decide to go. Arrived at the spot at around 10 am and started fishing a crank bait. caught my second crankbait fish ever within the first 5 cast. It was only about 8 inches but still awesome. i decided i was gonna be stubborn and commit to two techniques-1- Cranking with a small sexy shad and 2- pitching a carolina rigged baby brush hog. The wind was blowin at 10mph and it was drizzling on and off. After an hour and change i decided to change to the brush hog. (I never caught a fish on a brush hog thus the stubborness to commit) I took a temp reading of the water with the thermometer i finally remembered to bring and it was at 50 degrees i knew they would be active more than they were the past few weeks but wasnt sure how to catch them. Smeared some

MEGASTRIKE i got for free from Bobby at the North Rockland show and within 5 casts caught my first fish on that brush hog! another 30 minutes went by and my dad showed up with the new spinning rig i got him for his bday(bps extreme M-spinning and the johnny morris reel). he caught a 12 inch fish with a mini jig withing a few minutes and that was awesome. i walked 15 yards closer to him then i just made a small lob cast near some big brush piles. Within a second of the rig hittin the water the line started to move so i reeled in the slack with my new citica and slammed the hook home! Immediately i knew i had a heavy pig ;D I felt a few big headshakes and then i started screamin like iaconelli ;D ITS A GIANT! and told my pops to get the net. I never have brought a net with my in my life while fishing and my dad didnt have a clue what ithe heck i was talking about. i was delirious! This slab started going left and right and into the brush and all around. I was using 12lb yozuri ultra soft to the swivel and 8lb pline flouroclear to the hook so i was worried about the 8lb once the fish was wrapped up in the trees. with some constant pressure the fish worked itself out as i directed the fish. After another minute of courting her i liped her and hollered! As i ran up the bank i gave my dad my cell phone to take a quick picture. As i had the fish in one hand, rod in another i decided the smartest way to take off my jacket for the picture was to use my teeth on the sleeve. I was so rushed to take the pic and get the fish back in the water i yanked my sleeve and my front tooth popped out!!!!! i had a gotten some work done on my two front teeth from an accident a few years back and sure enough it popped out into the grass. you can imagine me standing there with fish rod and half a jacket on with one TOOTH! i was cursing and laughing galore. HAHA. My dad took the pic(no smile) weighed it out at 6lbs even. and back she went. Afterwards i was still rattled and the best part about Catching the second biggest bass and losing my tooth was that my dad was with me ! by the way i have an appointment tommorow and the tooth in the tackle box hahaha. hope this was a good read and heres the fish

Trav

Nice fish.  My fishing pants get excited when its raining out.

NIIIICCCCEEEE TOAD!  Congrats!  I've had some of my best luck fishing in the rain, and one good thing about it, there's usually not a crowd on the lake.  Job well done!

Excellent fish and a great story!  I love rain fishing, I usually do well, and I find it vry peaceful.

I remeber you posting about wether or not to go.  It's a good thing you went isn't it!!!!!!!!

ya it was extremely peaceful just me, my dad, the wind rain and the fish. usually there are about 15-30 people walking the area for exercise. they were all at home.

Yes it was awesome that i went!!!! thanks for the peer pressure!

You see, i told you to go!!!!

Dude thats sick.  Nice fish.  I agree, theres something about fishing in the rain thats addicting.  Don't get me wrong, I love that sun beating down on me in the summer but a rainy day thrown in every now and then doesn't bother me

Nice fish.  Great story!

               CONGRATULATIONS!  

Great story, too!

Great fish. Also from growing up in Buffalo, NY, another reason you fish in the rain...because it is NOT snowing.

Now, if we can just get you to go night fishing......

Nice toad. Here's to more where that came from.

dont worry i will be going night fishing this summER !!!! im pumped. im gonna try to go on a 24 hour binge. see if i can fish a whole day!

dont worry i will be going night fishing this summER !!!! im pumped. im gonna try to go on a 24 hour binge. see if i can fish a whole day!

That def sounds like a plan...all I need is some monsters and red bull and an all-nighter for me Man I can't wait til night time fishing.

ever use red bull on your lures for a scent? i bet it gives ur lures some incredible action haha watch out megastrike!

Nice fish!  Unfortunately when I fish in the rain I usually don't catch anything and get wet.   :-[

Awesome story, and an awesome fish! Congrats!

;D ;D Great story and nice fish! Sorry to hear about the tooth though. Fishing in the rain has and always will be one of my favorite times to fish.