I went out this past Saturday on the potomac river. The water temp was 40 degrees and clear up to 6-8ft. The wind was blowing 10-20mph with gusts near 40mph. I found the fish in 1-5ft of water near and under leftover grass in which is now almost all brown. I had one bite on a small green pumpkin tube. I was trying to drift down through slowly and pick apart the grass but the wind had other ideas. In no time I was drifting at a steady pace up river. The current under the surface was pulling the bait downstream as I headed up. This left me with no feel of the bait at all. I also tried a small chrome/blue lipless but only came up with grass. How do I overcome these obstacles and catch a few? Or are the conditions near impossible and I should have just stayed home?

Not dumb. You were still fishin'! I woulda been fishing a 1 oz jig/Lobster in those conditions.

Not dumb. You were still fishin'! I woulda been fishing a 1 oz jig/Lobster in those conditions.

and an anchor.

and an anchor.

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Just Plain Dumb?

 

That's a definite "no", unless you subjected yourself to personal danger.

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Al, I don't understand your post. I was merely saying that in those conditions I would most definitely use an anchor. I apologize if it came off different.

Al, I don't understand your post. I was merely saying that in those conditions I would most definitely use an anchor. I apologize if it came off different.

I'm sorry sir, no worries. What I meant was I was going to say the same thing. Great minds think alike!