5 hours ago, Functional said:

 I'd always been told fish the spots where the wind hits (unhighlighted areas). Is this just dependent on the fish's mood or is this "typical" of bass behavior. 

 

 

 

Can't say much about the mood of the bass but wind blown areas can be a good thing. Wind pushes water. Wind moves the baitfish. So you have moving water pushing the baitfish against banks and so forth, the perfect ambush scenario. It doesn't mean, however, that bass wont bite in other areas. I find moving around to be the best bet. 

4 hours ago, WRB said:

If we’re looking at our weather today it’s a NW wind with low pressure and rain....ideal except a few other factors.

Wind 30 mph with gust to 70mph, temperature cold snow level down to 1500’, normally above 5000’.

The weather coast to coast today is forecasting cold snow blizzard conditions, Midwest 40 below?

Tom

Florida is a warm 82 with 8 mph winds!  It’s why I live here.  Lol

49 minutes ago, geo g said:

Florida is a warm 82 with 8 mph winds!  It’s why I live here.  Lol

83 with 35mph gusts in central AL.....top that buddy ?

40 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

83 with 35mph gusts in central AL.....top that buddy ?

Nooooooo! These winds need to back off up here! Casting to my extreme left to try and hit a spot on my right stinks! ? ?

2 hours ago, geo g said:

Florida is a warm 82 with 8 mph winds!  It’s why I live here.  Lol

Don’t gloat August is coming. By mid March we will be back to normal with mid 70’s and no bugs all summer.

Tom

7 hours ago, WRB said:

Don’t gloat August is coming.

I HATE August here in Jacksonville! Not even fun poolside. I stop fishing May 29th LOL.

 

16 hours ago, geo g said:

Florida is a warm 82 with 8 mph winds!  It’s why I live here.  Lol

Bout like that in TN too

I Don't Care as long as it's under 15 mph 

I actually prefer little wind because I'm in a kayak. But you get what you get and wind can be very helpful at times. I just hate to take a spring day off and a cold front come through a day or two before. The skies will be completely clear and the breeze will usually be straight out of the east. It just throws a monkey wrench in the whole deal. I like any breeze as long as it's not post frontal. I think easterly winds are really a symptom of the barometer. That said, if I have a weekday off and it's not raining heavily, I'm going. It only takes one good fish to make a trip worthwhile.

On 2/19/2023 at 7:42 PM, casts_by_fly said:

If you live in the north east (or most of the us for that matter) a north or east wind is typically the opposite of the normal direction of the wind and signifies turbulent conditions.  For some people, they prefer to fish that set of conditions. For others they don’t. I suspect you’re in the latter. 

Usually when the wind blows north or east, a storm is coming in which I would think has a lot to do with it.

When the wind blows from the east, the Chickahominy River in Virginia shuts down.

 

The Chick is a tidal river and therefore, a strong wind can back up the tide and not let it come in or go out.

6 hours ago, Sam said:

When the wind blows from the east, the Chickahominy River in Virginia shuts down.

 

The Chick is a tidal river and therefore, a strong wind can back up the tide and not let it come in or go out.

I'm in Buckingham County...central Va....and fish seem to do the same thing when wind is out of the east or NE.