Thread: Not getting better

According to weather.com gulf shores has rain forecasted everyday this week.so don't look forward to water and fishing getting better.well I should have known this was gonna happen I'm taking a three day weekend to dauphin island.

That is our standard summertime forecast!

Originally Posted by gnomepunter

According to weather.com gulf shores has rain forecasted everyday this week.so don't look forward to water and fishing getting better.well I should have known this was gonna happen I'm taking a three day weekend to dauphin island.

Hope they are wrong. Forecasts 5 days out are tricky business. heck, here in Dallas a forecast 12 hours out is tricky. Went to bed Saturday night with a 30% chance of rain Sunday afternoon. Woke up Sunday to a downpour with a 100% chance of rain all day, which ended up clearing out entirely by 2pm.

I remember our first year going to Gulf Shores they predicted storms 4 out of the 7 days. It really only stormed 2 days and it was off and on at that. Didn't impact the vacation too much. But I also wasn't trying to fish that year, so perhaps I would have been more impacted had that been the case.

I wouldn't count out the fishing. Last year I was there for a week in July. The water was very dirty and it rained nearly every day. I still managed to catch quite a few fish every day and I hardly know what I am doing.

At jemisons, I was told flounder, trout, drum, whiting are pretty steady in the summer. I was also told not to expect anything that likes clear water due to the proximity to the bay.

good luck!