I fish a small lake in eastern kentucky similar to the ozark lakes, rocky chunk rock kinda deep. I am fishing this weekend and the forcast is for temps in the high 40s and overcast with a chance of rain. Most of the year that would be ideal conditions for this lake. But I hear alot of people around here saying that the best days in early spring are when the sun comes out and warms the water. I think thats true for smaller fish and especially true earlier in the spring/late winter when the water is in the low to mid 40s. But now that the water has gotten up into the 50s I think the clouds and low pressure will make a possitive impact on the larger fish especially. The water on the lake is stained to very stained from heavy recent rains so fish are shallow. I just think its an interesting question of how the fish will respond to the weather. If it was bluebird skies and cold I think it would hurt the bite but my guess is even with the modereate temperature drop the clouds will make the larger fish active but the smaller bass may slow down some.
