Pat Brown Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 It depends but wind definitely will influence where I fish and what I use from my confidence baits. If it's very windy, I almost always fish a reaction bait and something with drawing power. If it's not very windy I'm more likely to slow down on areas that I know should be holding fish. Wind is important but I care more about prevailing winds than anything else. If you have a wind hitting a bank for 2+ days, good idea to fish that bank. 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reel Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 I fish rivers mostly and wind does not have as much influence in moving water. I use Ventusky for my information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greentrout Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Chop on the water: most of the time spinnerbait with my favorite bait caster (IPT 31) with 7' M/MH casting rod. Good Fishing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigassbass Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Wind: depends on if you're fishing in a boat or from the bank. Then how big is your boat? Wind is always an added element to fishing. In a pond you should fish the bank in the direction the wind is blowing, you should also fish the calm part of the pond. This goes for lakes too, not really rocket science, wind will blow you around in a little bitty boat and if it can blow your big boat around it might be time to get off the lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted February 29 Super User Share Posted February 29 22 hours ago, Zcoker said: Wind is my friend, plain and simple. I want wind to be my friend. I want to date wind, marry wind, and bear a brood of breezy children. However, my affection for wind is unrequited. Wind bullies my high, light canoe, so I avoid it. I wish I had a heavy bass boat with Spot-Lock, but when I took one out for a test, it was nearly impossible to paddle. Quote If you have a wind hitting a bank for 2+ days, good idea to fish that bank. I was camped on a bald island once in Ontario. The wind blew so hard that it flattened my dome tent all night. It was hard to sleep with my tent's ceiling slapping my face, so I rose early, tied on my heaviest spoon, and cast into the wind. Lake trout hit on every cast. If don't know if you guys have fished lakers, but they're not like bluegills, where you catch one after another. They're more like muskies, but on that HOWLING morning, they were just like bluegills. When the wind died, they were POOF, gone. 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted February 29 Super User Share Posted February 29 Questions Are we talking normal winds? Pre frontal winds? Post frontal winds? What is the sustained winds? What are the gust? What time of year? Are we fishing shallow or deep? Are we offshore? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 29 Super User Share Posted February 29 On 2/28/2024 at 12:14 PM, clemsondds said: Would like to learn more about wind and how you guys take it into consideration. I don't pee facing into it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted February 29 Super User Share Posted February 29 7 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said: I don't pee facing into it. And you don't tug on Superman's cape! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted February 29 Super User Share Posted February 29 6 minutes ago, Catt said: And you don't tug on Superman's cape! And don't mess around with Jim! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemsondds Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 On 2/29/2024 at 1:28 PM, Catt said: Questions Are we talking normal winds? Pre frontal winds? Post frontal winds? What is the sustained winds? What are the gust? What time of year? Are we fishing shallow or deep? Are we offshore? Yes…how would you address all of those 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted March 3 Super User Share Posted March 3 You know that thing where you cast perpendicular to the wind with a bottom bouncing bait expecting to catch something? Yeah that thing doesn’t work for me. If the wind is 13-17mph, I really should just Jimmy Houston it because in the back of my mind I know I can catch a few on spinnerbaits and they might be really nice fish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted March 3 Super User Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, clemsondds said: Yes…how would you address all of those Don't know if I have enough time left on this earth to address that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted March 4 Super User Share Posted March 4 I think @Catt's point is that there isn't really a boiler plate answer. It helps to provide some (doesn't have to be all) parameters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted March 4 Super User Share Posted March 4 @J Francho Exactly 😉 There are "things" in bass fishing you can control & there are things you cannot control. Wind is one of the things we cannot control, so we learn to deal with it. Each situation is different & is dealt with in the moment. I've kicked bass on wind blown banks & I've gotten skunked on wind blown banks. Why? IDK! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemsondds Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 43 minutes ago, J Francho said: I think @Catt's point is that there isn't really a boiler plate answer. It helps to provide some (doesn't have to be all) parameters. Yes I understand, but was just looking to get everyone's general thoughts/tips on wind. I know It's a complicated topic... Let's get your thoughts on two situations: prefrontal wind, and then also fishing offshore in sustained winds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted March 4 Super User Share Posted March 4 29 minutes ago, clemsondds said: prefrontal wind Sorry! But winter, spring, summer, or fall. 30 minutes ago, clemsondds said: offshore in sustained winds Thank God for spot lock! Depending on depth, these fish will be less effected by winds. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted March 4 Super User Share Posted March 4 I've often found that deeper fish (>12') are less affected by weather unless it's so rough you can't fish, but then I wouldn't know anyway. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingram24 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I mainly fish a tidal river system on the Ms coast and wind plays a big part in the water conditions. Southerly winds pushes the tide much higher than normal and Northerly winds causes lower than normal tides. 15+ mph winds I will throw spinner baits, chatter baits or cranks normally and if I'm using a worm of some type I use a heavier weight than normal to maintain bottom. Winds less than 15 I let the fish decide but always look to the windy shore line regardless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted March 5 Super User Share Posted March 5 Bass seem to bite better on windy days. I dont have a boat that handles the wind. My deck boat blows around like an empty potato chip sack . I fish from flat bottomed jon boats most and they dont handle wind at all . I plan my trips around light winds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User WRB Posted March 5 Super User Share Posted March 5 On 3/4/2024 at 6:52 AM, clemsondds said: Yes I understand, but was just looking to get everyone's general thoughts/tips on wind. I know It's a complicated topic... Let's get your thoughts on two situations: prefrontal wind, and then also fishing offshore in sustained winds By prefrontal you asking about approaching low pressure weather front? Postfrontal being cold high pressure front. Where I live and fish the terrain is mountainous with lakes located in dammed canyons. The post frontal winds are generated by high pressure cold front. We call these high NE winds Santa Anna’s that average 35+ mph with gusts that can exceed 60 mph, very dangerous fishing the canyon lakes. 30 miles towards the beach lakes are not subjected to Santa Anna’s and are fishable. Prefrontal low pressure generally brings rain with lighter winds and are ideal fishing conditions. Tom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishTax Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I fish in a kayak. Any wind over 10 mph I struggle to maintain boat control and end up exhausted from fighting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryPF Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I hate fishing in the wind. I won't go. 10mph - comfortable 15mph - whitecaps, sure my boat is high and dry, but my body can't take the pounding at speed 20mph - they kick everyone off the water and close the boat launch I fish cooling lakes, they average anywhere from 60-80ft above the surrounding areas, so wind speed doubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king fisher Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I fish a lake where the wind does the same thing every day for 6 months. In the morning there is a slight breeze out of the east during this time I fish soft plastics for suspended bass in trees. Around noon the wind starts to blow from the west, at first I can fish jigs, or heavier T Rigs, but by 1:00 PM I am fishing Spinnerbaits, for the bass suspended in the large trees, or crankbaits on offshore rock piles. At 3:00 PM the wind will be blowing 15 to 25 MPH. This is when the fish bite best, but the fishing gets tough. I will peddle my kayak upwind of a tree in 30 feet of water, and let the wind drift me by the tree. I only have time to make one cast with a spinnerbait, but when the cast is right, and I am successful, it makes the hard work worth it. Some days they wont hit the spinnerbait, but will hit a square bill bounced of the tree limbs. This technique has produced some of my largest bass, but has also ended in disaster. Trying to free a crankbait snagged in a tree, with the wind blowing 25 miles an hour, while in a kayak can get exciting. I have lost many square bills, and broke more than one rod attempting this. I doubt if I will ever learn not to try the square bill in the trees, but I do hope some day I will be smart enough to simply snap snap the bait off when I snag rather than break a rod, loose and almost flip my kayak, attempting to free the bait. At least I have stopped throwing my old Bagleys square bills, and usually throw a less expensive bait, but if the bite is off, and I get that lucky feeling the old Bagleys gets tied on. Yes I am a slow learner, and never give up hope when it comes to fishing. By evening the wind is really ripping, and I am forced to fish in a small bay. I never catch anything there, but I don't get the chance to fish often and am not one to give up. This lake is a very rare example where the wind does the same thing day after day. Most places the wind varies and is not predictable. The bass are lazy in the windless morning, because they know the wind is coming and they time there feeding for when the wind blows. Water temperature varies only a few degrees, in 6 months, and I have not been able to determine any effect from the moon cycle. The wind is definitely the major factor determining what time of day the bass will feed, and is definitely the major factor in how I am able to fish, and what I can throw. Some days the wind starts late, and I am able to fish the soft plastics longer, and other days, the wind is exceptionally strong, and I am forced off the water. By the end of the day, I hate fishing in the wind, but love the fish I catch while the wind is blowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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