Is It Worth Fishing Tomorrow? 2024
Ads7633 reply :
I live in the St. Louis area and it has been pouring as of late, but, the rain is supposed to finally stop tomorrow and I've been dying to fish. I want to head out to a couple farm ponds tomorrow morning. However, as we have gotten about 10 inches of rain in the last week, you can bet the ponds will be high and incredibly muddy. I would normally wake up at 4 AM and drive about an hour to get there. So what do you guy think. Is it worth it? Do I have any chance of actually catching fish after this much rain? Or should I just take the day to sleep in?
MFBAB reply :
I'd fish. Warm muddy water is totally different than cold muddy water, which is generally known as the worst fishing you can get.
Especially in a farm pond, you should be able to find them on the bank and they will be active in warm water.
Dirty water puts them on hard objects, and the bank is an object, make multiple casts 
Ads7633 reply :
Sounds good. That is really what I wanted to hear. Any suggestions on baits? I was thinking Buzzbaits, Spinnerbaits, and maybe some loud lipless crankbaits?
MFBAB reply :
I love buzzers, but they don't always find them as good in muddy water.
If it's super muddy, I'd start with a slower moving topwater like a popper or prop bait, then colorado blade spinnerbait, then a flipping jig w rattles - tight to cover.
If that doesn't do it, maybe my advice to get out of bed wasn't so good
Hope ya wreck em!
Catt reply :
The best time to go fishing is anytime ya can go fishing!
Mike L reply :
Use anything noisy and brite.
Mike
buzzed bait reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 4:17 AM, Catt said:The best time to go fishing is anytime ya can go fishing!
ANYTIME....
Ads7633 reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 4:23 AM, Mike L said:Use anything noisy and brite.
Mike
I tend to hear different things on the best colors to use in muddy water, It seems that many people swear by black, but others opt for chartreuse or other bright colors?
HoosierHawgs reply :
Fishing is better than working... So, yes, I'd fish.
Mike L reply :
In muddy water especially caused by an inordinate amount of rain, and want to throw a crankbait, I always use the brightest, most colorfull, chartreuse predominant one I have.
If throwing plastic I'll use a rattle and/or beads.
Mike
BIGDFISHERMAN reply :
Sounds like it could make for a good frog, popper, topwater bite.
Felix77 reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 4:17 AM, Catt said:The best time to go fishing is anytime ya can go fishing!
Agree 110% ... if you want to fish go fish ... doesn't mean the fish will cooperate but as they always say ... a bad day of fishing is better than any day at work. 
lectricbassman reply :
Id definitely go. Ive had very successful days following big rains
MrE1979 reply :
OF COURSE it's a good day to go fishin. A bad day fishin is better than a good day with the wife.
Bankbeater reply :
If you don't go you will be kicking yourself tomorrow night.
Pradopower reply :
Catching fish in conditions "they" say you shouldn't be able to makes it even more fun. Go for it!
Senko lover reply :
Suggestions:
Red/Orange Lipless Crankbaits
Blue/Black Bladed jigs
Blue/black jigs/soft plastics
Red/firetiger/chartreuse squarebills
Spinnerbaits
Jon G reply :
I think the real question is when is not worth fishing?
HoosierHawgs reply :
Black Spinnerbaits with Chartreuse Highlights and a Colorado blade slay in dirty waterOn 6/20/2015 at 6:01 AM, Senko lover said:Suggestions:
Red/Orange Lipless Crankbaits
Blue/Black Bladed jigs
Blue/black jigs/soft plastics
Red/firetiger/chartreuse squarebills
Spinnerbaits
Ads7633 reply :
Thanks for all the great info!
Catt reply :
Do not over look a black red jig & black red trailer!
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
It should be Chatter Bait heaven.
greentrout reply :
We get flooded conditions all the time. Consider a long-arm single Colorado blade gold with a chartreuse skirt spinner bait. Let that big blade throb and throb. A black worm T-rigged with a red tail gets job done, too.
The Old School Basser
Catt reply :
Ozark_Basser reply :
Fish tight to whatever cover there is. Muddy water tends to make fish more predictable and less aware of your presence on the bank. They will hug to whatever cover is available or they'll hug for he bank. Jigs pitched to cover and chatterbaits or square bills everywhere else.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Sounds like spinnerbait conditions to me!
Fisherman) reply :
Whenever I fish muddy water in ponds I use bright rooster tails
Adleyfishes reply :
Fishing is the way of life... So fish!
sully420 reply :
Any time you can fish go fish I would have been out in the rain as well
Fishing Rhino reply :
The best time to go fishing is when you can.
RoLo reply :
On 6/30/2015 at 2:53 AM, Fishing Rhino said:The best time to go fishing is when you can.
Have you ever gone fishing when you couldn't? 
Fishing Rhino reply :
On 6/30/2015 at 9:30 AM, RoLo said:Have you ever gone fishing when you couldn't?
No, but I've gone times when I shouldn't.
Shockwave reply :
On 6/20/2015 at 3:44 AM, Ads7633 said:I live in the St. Louis area and it has been pouring as of late, but, the rain is supposed to finally stop tomorrow and I've been dying to fish. I want to head out to a couple farm ponds tomorrow morning. However, as we have gotten about 10 inches of rain in the last week, you can bet the ponds will be high and incredibly muddy. I would normally wake up at 4 AM and drive about an hour to get there. So what do you guy think. Is it worth it? Do I have any chance of actually catching fish after this much rain? Or should I just take the day to sleep in?
How'd you end up doing?
Ads7633 reply :
On 6/30/2015 at 9:34 PM, Shockwave said:How'd you end up doing?
Ads7633 reply :
On 6/30/2015 at 9:34 PM, Shockwave said:How'd you end up doing?
I did okay, the water looked like pudding, but I was able to catch about 8 on bright lipless cranks, and a few more on dark spinnerbaits, nothing huge. But, regardless, I still had a great time!
bigbill reply :
Sorry I'm late.
Spinnerbaits, hot chartruese, Colorado gold blades, YUM scent.
Mister twister 4" split double tail grub trailer in chartruese.
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