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Location: West Bend, WI | HI I was wondering how you guys feel about wind?I'm not talking about a slight wind or decent chop.I'm talking about a wind that can take a 200 acre lake and turn it into the perfect storm!I'm talking about the kind of wind that when you drive cross wind because you have to get somewhere the bow of your boat occasionly gets thrown 5-7 feet off course!When you stand up you almost get blown over!The kind of wind when you wonder am I the only one that wants to pop a big pig!! or is there a reason that I'm the only boat on a fairly popular lake around here where I live !! So my question is that will muskys especially big fish be up and moving taking advantage of the situation or will they be in the depths and hunkered down in the weeds.I didn't see a fish today but I could'nt help to think that this was a big fish day.So was I in the position to possibly score or should I of stayed home with the rest.I did try to fish the least wind that I could find ,but this was pretty hard to come by and still was moving pretty good.So is there ever too much wind to where the fish get turned off?thx |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I HATE really big wind. Anything over 25 MPH has me swearing alot. In fact, nearly speaking in tongues. Of course, the fish have no concept of wind, and probably are caught with about the same success as without, but boat control, even while trolling, suffers. Up to 25 MPH, you will probably find me on the roughest part of the lake most of the time, especially if it is a cloudless day. |
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Location: Woodstock, IL | I agree with Sworrall. Winds over 20-25 mph are a pain. Boat control is difficult, not to mention casting lighter lures.
Personnally, I have not witnessed increased activity due to the waves. However, this could be because I'll lose patience and move to a quiter spot! |
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Location: Elgin, IL | Had some of my hottest action on shorelines that have had steady wind. But if it's not really hot right away, boat control and casting issues get to be too much pretty quickly. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | The shorlines where the wind pounds will have active fish. I like to fish these area when the wind slows down. I have not had any great sucsess during a strong wind and have done it a few times just to see what it would produce. I think it takes time for the fish to set up in that area, over time it just gets better if the wind keeps blowing the same direction. |
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| Last year at the Cass Lake Monster Outing we had some wind, though not huge wind. One day Al Warner and I were casting a shoreline that was being pounded so hard I had my 36# trolling motor cranked to keep us off the beach. It was almost a joke in my little and light 14' boat. Al nailed a FAT, FAT 44"er in about 2-3' of water next to a dock. No kidding, I had to start the gas motor to control the boat while he fought this fish. The water was very clear, and I wonder if that big fish would have been playing near/under the dock if the whitecaps had not been rolling in.
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Location: Lafayette, IN | The first year we went to Lake Vermilion, my bro-in-law and I were cruising down Wakemup Narrows and when we came up to "The Wash" the SW wind was pounding it. We both looked at it and came to the same conclusion simultaniously. We simply couldn't hold the boat (rental, 16' deep-vee and 32# auto-pilot with 1 battery and half day's fishing on it already)) and didn't have a decent anchor. We even tried to use the gas motor while the other casted but felt the risk was too great for the way we were set up....so we left. We are still regretting that decision today because even though that was our first year at targeting muskies, we have felt 4 years later that we were calling the conditions right on the money. Man! I wish we'd have had the boat I own today. I feel confident we would've seen some action. Right off the main channel too. UGH!!! |
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Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | I know of at least 4 major tournaments that were won because of the fact that no one but the winners were fishing the windy side of the lake. Were the fish more active, or was there just less pressure from other guys, we will never know. On at least 3 of these occasions the water was so rough that only one of the two contestants could fish. The other used the big engine for positioning. Ask Dave Bently and Lance Christianson about the wind on Mille Lacs. Remember, the wind is a fisherman's friend. |
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Location: West Bend, WI | Thx guys, I just had to get out yesterday to see for myself what would happen.There where even some peoples slowing down to take a look!! when I got home there where reports of wind up to 57 mph it was very hard to work baits so I throw a bucktail and a pacemaker.No fish but atleast I have a good story.Did I mention I only have a 14' with a 9.9 !!! It was fun though. |
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Location: Bemidji, MN- | I like wind, but only up to a point. I fish mainly by myself, so first it's an issue of positioning the boat for a cast and second, fighting the fish. Last Oct 14 on Leech it was cold and the wind was howling. I was able to boat two fish up against the reeds, but it was so much more like work than fun that I hung it up for the day, the season actually, as I pulled my boat the next day. |
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Location: oswego, il | There is one lake in southern wi that I fish that you cannot get out of a west or southwest wind. Next time I am on it and the wind get's up over 20, I am wind trolling it. |
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WIND!!!!