Night Striper Fishing in the Rain?

[vmky]

Taking my brother to Cumberland Friday night hopefully to catch his first striper ever. Wondering what everyones thoughts on how the fishing will be with rain predicted for Friday and Saturday. I'm an avid striper fisherman but have never fished in the rain at night this time of year for striper. Will the shad still come up? Should I fish a little deeper? I really want to make sure I can put him on some striper. Need a little help here........Thanks Vance

[apb]

Light rain, no problem. Heavy rain or thunder/lightening, I get off the lake. You may find that subsurface baits work better.

Andrew

[Duayne]

The cloud cover means no moon. Which can be good. But that does not eliminate any water, as many people fish the "shady banks" when the moon is out.
Otherwise, as APB said, as long as its mild, go for it..

I caught eight on a mild rainy night last year... Sub surface on slivers.

[LarryG]

Light rain no problem. Boomers stay home. They were spotty last night, had several strikes that may have been gar. Caught three, all below the limit. Kept watching the sky cause of the lightning that was very far away, so my concentration was not at its peak, besides my old arms are tired from four days of casting. The great thing is, you donrt have to worry anymore about throwing into the trees.

[fatbuck]

What part did you fish?

[vmky]

Back from friday night all nighter. Rained almost all night, but we-well I did pretty good. Subsurface baits all night. I'll post results in a new thread. Thanks for all the input guys, I really appreciate every post....

[HURRICANEBOB]

When you all throw slivers, what kind a retreive action do you use? Constant fast or slow, or stop and go?

[apb]

When you all throw slivers, what kind a retreive action do you use? Constant fast or slow, or stop and go?

Usually a steady, slow retrieve on that type of plug. If they are not hitting it, I'll switch up a bit and do stop and go or change the speed.

Andrew

[markmac60]

Light rain no problem. Boomers stay home. They were spotty last night, had several strikes that may have been gar. Caught three, all below the limit. Kept watching the sky cause of the lightning that was very far away, so my concentration was not at its peak, besides my old arms are tired from four days of casting. The great thing is, you donrt have to worry anymore about throwing into the trees.

'Four days of castin' .... ain't that a wonderful thing.