it has been raining very heavily for  about a day and a half and its raining as i type this. it is supposed to continue overnight i think. all this rain is going to make the water temp plumet. here is the thing. the places i fish are in desperate need of rain. its ridiculus how low these places are. now the rain has filled them back up but made them a lot cooler. when it was shallow all the fish moved out. now they should be coming back right? what should i fish i was thinking a black yellow tiki-stik. i say this becasue i have a pack of them and out of the whole pack there are like 2 worms that are almost completley black. the is hardley any yellow. so would this be a good choice?

sure would.  We fished fri night and sat night, just got in actually and the reeds are starting to show some smaller feeding fish as the water level rises.  Flukes were the easy choice here.

The better fish were still taken deeper on jigs and dingers.

Temps were:

71 fri (7pm)

67 sat (3 am)

64 last night.

curious what tonights will be.  Love the rain, fish on!

I fished the Grand  lake two weekends in a row,

The during the week they had some rain and the second weekend we had a cold front come through bringing more rain.

The surface water temp dropped 9 degrees.

I didn't catch as many fish the 2nd weekend but I caught better fish. And most were shallower.

i am fishing a pond and i have no way of telling the temp would a normal thermometer that you take a persons temp work?

you might run into a problem if it is a pond.  a heavy influx of water like that screws up the ph level.  if its enough, the fish will shut down, and will not bite.  if you find this to be true, you best bet is to find the thickest veggies in the lake, and take a heavy worm or jig and slam it into the crap, because when they shut down, they bury themselves in the narliest vegetation, not brush, they can find, and you have to coax a reaction bite.  

hope this helps.  

When i get a lot of rain at ponds i just rig up a worm and throw it right in front of a drain pipe. you can catch them buy the dozens

what kind of worm ie: size brand color thanks

Zoom trick worms 7in weightless any color. I am sure othet types of worms or plasics will work just as well. the pond bass will go sit in front of the drains and eat the bugs coming through.

drainage pipes are great after a rain.  they gather up there waitin for free food to come by.

I was fishin my test pond yesterday, and it started raining.  had been off and on.  and after the rain passed the bite was on.  

best thing I can tell you is head out in the rain.  as long as there ain't no lightning, it may pay off.  

It will pay off. the last few times after and during a rain i have went strait to the only drain in the pond and a have caught a lot of the same fish. make sure to check in the drains to. two of my biggest bass have been all the way in the back off a drain

will there still be fish there if there is a rock/sandbar thing that starts at the drain and goes out about 15ft? this rock thing was visible when the water was very low also if the water is above the drain with throwing a blue/blck tiki-stik in it work thanks

if there is water current, there is a good chance that fish will be there.  they need room to swim, so keep that in mind.

a baby brush hog works for me often.  I toss it in the current, and the current will carry it.  I feel their strikes most of the time, and thats how I know to set the hook.