Rain Wrecking Your Fishing?

The “frog strangling” rains we’ve been having (global warming?) can make inshore fishing difficult. A heavy rain during low tide can really muddy up the water, and the fresh water pouring into the creeks and rivers can shut off the bite. Do we just stay home? Absolutely not! While these conditions do limit the areas we can fish, looking for those areas is the key. Close to the ocean and way up the creeks are the two areas I concentrate on. Right after the rains the waters near the ocean are still clear and salty. Then, after a couple of tide changes these waters are clearer and salty again. The upper creeks I look for are the ones that don’t drain large areas therefore runoff doesn’t adversely affect the salt content. I cruise these, looking for pockets of clear water. Then, hopefully, we whack ‘em.