Heavy Rains and Lakes (Rice?)

[oates]

Hi all,

 

the rain has made the rivers swampy and dangerous, seemingly more than 1-1 1/2 ft higher and fast. My question is about the lakes, will all the heavy rain wreck lake fishing, my buddy is coming down from Montreal and I want to take him out on Rice Lake - is that advisable? Does heavy rains (like we have hade) wreck lake fishing like it does river? Or is that a non-factor. Also will it make Rice more murkey or is that only winds that will make that happen.

 

Thanks,

 

Hopefully Aug. will be sunny for 30 days straight!

[Paully]

Rain does not affect lakes like it does rivers.. good luck and let us know how you made out

Edited July 28, 2009 by Shore_Lunch

[Sinker]

The 5 eyes we caught out of rice tonight didn't seem to mind

 

S.

[michaelkovacs]

had great luck on rice 2 weeks ago... but Rice is exceptionally weedy this year (yes, it is always weedy, but this weather has made it moreso!).

[oates]

Update: got skunked that day.

 

Was using tubes (white/purple) rapala crankbaits (various) nada. Had some bites, even a bass leap out of 20ft of water (following my tube) wasn't meant to be.