Entry 70-1

Mark Rose On Fishing Specific Types Of Weather

Cloudy Day Fishing

Editor's Note: Thirty-one-year-old Mark Rose of Marion, Arkansas, fishes professionally, but in the past, he's worked as a district executive for the Boy Scouts of America's national office. This week Rose shares with us how he succeeds in situations where other fishermen are ready to pull in their rods.

Question: If you are fishing and cloud cover rolls in, how does that situation impact your fishing?

Rose: Cloud cover and rain means the pressure system is changing, and low pressure is coming. This situation affects the way bass feed. During the summer, the water temperature is hot. When a low-pressure system comes in, it changes the fish's mood. When this situation occurs, I start fishing very aggressively. The fish may be lethargic back under the vegetation or way down in their deep-summer haunts. The low pressure will bring the bass up and move them to the bait fish.

The bass will become more cover-related. I’ll pick up a Pro Model spinner bait and start casting it towards schools of shad and any cover I think bass will use to attack schools of shad. I won't slow down my baits until I have targeted the bigger bass. Once I target the bigger bass, I'll slow down and pick up a Premier Elite jig and try and catch the bigger fish. Cloud cover simply means aggressive fishing for me.

Question: What do you do when the cloud cover produces heavy rain?

Rose: Heavy rains affect fishermen more than they impact the fish because the fish are already wet. The rain causes the fish not to be able to see over the top of the water, so you can get close and fish aggressively. The fish will continue to feed unless the area where you’re fishing gets a lot of thunderstorms and lightning. Just rain won’t affect me one bit because I always ensure that I have a good rainsuit and stay after the bass.




 

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