Fishing On Cloudy Rainy Days Late March

[mrbassky1]

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.

[rps]

Recent reports of success here have named: 3/8 to 1/2 jigs with craw trailers in the usual Ozark colors (green/brown/purple), warts in crawdad colors, smoke and avocado grubs scrubbed or swimmed on 1/4 heads, and shad and light purple stick baits. I might adjust the colors for the wart and stick baits for stained water.

[DChance]

I you find any clean water I would throw a jerkbait, bone, clown colors are good. flashy colors if the water is a little dirty.

If all the water is stained to very stained as you say, I would throw a jig probably all day. if a low pressure system and bluebird skies arrives, I would flip the jig close to any cover I could find near spawning areas.