I have 2 unrelated questions but I am asking them at the same time. One, what is rain bait, how big, can you get it in the cast net. Second, I was going to dowling college yesterrday and I passed bubbles falls and rattlesnake fishing access. Does anyone know what kinds of fish are in them, good fishing or no, and any tips. Any info about either question is greatly appreciated.
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Rain Bait
I believe rain bait refers to any small baitfish that travels in schools and creates an effect on the surface of the water that resembles rain and can make a kind of sizzling noise. I've seen this happen with spearing and sand eels both. Can you catch it in a cast net? Don't know about the sand eels but I have caught larger spearing in my 1/4" mesh cast net. Anything larger and they will get through.
Down by Dowling I would say that you can find trout since it is downstream from the stocked river.
I believe rain bait refers to any small baitfish that travels in schools and creates an effect on the surface of the water that resembles rain and can make a kind of sizzling noise. I've seen this happen with spearing and sand eels both. Can you catch it in a cast net? Don't know about the sand eels but I have caught larger spearing in my 1/4" mesh cast net. Anything larger and they will get through.
Down by Dowling I would say that you can find trout since it is downstream from the stocked river.
Around here, "rainbait" is usually bay anchovies, but I think is is a generic term for small baitfish that splash the surface, and yes, you can get them with a small (1/4 square mesh) castnet. Bubbles and and Rattlesnake hold freshwater fish like trout and perch that came down the pipe from the Connetquot river and get trapped in the brackish pond. Plus in the late fall/winter, I've seen bunker which came in from Great River wind up dying off there.
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