Rain, Tstorms, And Fronts (Oh My!)

[mrcold]

I've been reading on here about the topwater. The majority of what I've seen discussed is the fin and the grub. Since it looks like Wednesday will be warm but rainy, and Thursday and Friday appear to cool off 15 degrees or more, how bad will that be? I know cold fronts are pretty rough on fishing for the most part. Does it rule out topwater completely? Cloudy with a bit of chop for topwater is good, but windy and rainy with thunderstorms? Does that change your approach significantly or just stick with what you know?

Thanks guys, and thanks for putting up with me yet again this year. If any of you see Mr. Clean in a blue Lund near Indian Point, stop by and say hi. (Bill, I was pushing my boat partner to head down early so we could get a day in with a pro, but no luck...maybe next year)

Brian

[focused fishing]

Brian,

A cold front won't completely kill the topwater bite but it will slow it down significantly, if the front is followed by a blue bird windy day the bite will be hurt the most. As long as the winds are not so strong to impeded the action of a topwater you still should be good for a topwater during a rainy, stormy day. If the winds are that strong switch to a grub or jerkbait and work the jerkbait fast.

Other than having a ton of company on the water (Federation Nation, BASS w/e, etc....) you should have a really good week to fish.

EP