Just before the takeoff hour the anticipated cold front passed over the Dayton, Tenn., area, and with it came a steep drop in temperatures. It’s currently 54 degrees and the rain has moved east. Behind it the temperatures are noticeably dropping.
Today’s forecast calls for a high of 63 with northerly winds up to 10 mph. Tonight it gets downright chilly, with a low of 39, setting up the scenario for the final days of the event. Saturday the daytime temp reaches 65 with calm winds, and the nighttime low drops to 44. Sunday and Monday the highs are 70 and 75, respectively, with nighttime temps in the low 50s.
What’s that mean for today? Lee Livesay has a good idea and here it is.
“This rain will soggy up the crispiness of the cheese mats if you are frogging,” he said. “The flipping bite is going to improve some, and the weather change is going to push the fish down into the mats.”
Livesay went on to say he also believes the weather change will benefit the guys fishing the steep vertical bluffs, which border transitions to chunk rock banks. He also said the frogging bite will improve later in the afternoon.
