I was planning to fish this coming Saturday but the weather forecast shows winds at 25mph with gusts up to 35mph. So I'm planning to slip out Friday afternoon before the front moves in.

Smart move. I am not sure what to expect this weekend. the weather on my phone shows rain and cold tomorrow and Sunday it just shows this windy gusty thing. Last time it showed that it was windy as heck. Sunday in NJ in the fall must be national heavy wind day because it never fails. I am going to play it by ear but I'll get out one way or the other. 

I used to feel the same way but I have since changed my tune.

 

Now I hope for windy conditions (within reason of course)  Flat calm is often though sledding.

 

I hope you can keep at it and find out what works for you on your home waters because believe me when I tell you, once you learn which techniques & baits to present in these conditions, you'll be glad you did.

 

Good Luck

 

A-Jay

totally agree. I'll welcome 30mph winds over a flat dead calm sunny day.

 

(except for today....high of 35 /w 20 mph winds-19/20 degree windchill)

Visited my brother in Breckinridge over the weekend & they have a small lake near their house. Unfortunately no smallmouth, only trout. Used a canoe to catch six browns on Saturday, but the wind was gusting 20-30 mph on Sunday. I tried to take the canoe out & it looked like a 3 stooges movie. Absolutely zero control. After 45 minutes, I gave up, beached the canoe and walked up the inlet stream. Found a few nice pools and caught 4 more browns. I am a horrible stream fisherman, I probably spooked 20 fish.

Looking foward to getting back to my Pond Prowler, calm SoCal days and largemouth bass. Trout are okay but they fight like a 10" Senko rigged wacky style.

I'm glad I don't fish for those trout! The ones I catch fight very well

Winds were crazy today, they were like 25mph with 35mph gust...

Winds were crazy today, they were like 25mph with 35mph gust...

 

It was the same here all weekend. It was just blowing everything back in your face and it was impossible to deal with

Usually if I can get the boat anchored where I want it, and don't get backlashed from the wind I can find the bass.  I just try to keep far enough away from any cover or structure so that the boat doesn't get blown into it.