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| Not just Muskie but other species as well like walleye, If you were fishing one of the spots in red and The wind was blowing to the east. Would you fish the yellow side or green?
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | yellow.. all the way to the top |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Fishing the Wind blown shore line... But if the wind was, say blowing from the west for 3 days or so and it switched from the East Over night, I would start out fishing the West side shoreline... Hope that makes sense to you guys. |
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Location: NE Ohio | there are so many times i find that the fish aren't reading the articles that they are supposed to be positioned on the windward side. i just start into the wind and fish it one end to the other. i've found them at all locations if they are are there feeding. jmo. |
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| pklingen - 1/13/2019 7:25 AM
there are so many times i find that the fish aren't reading the articles that they are supposed to be positioned on the windward side. i just start into the wind and fish it one end to the other. i've found them at all locations if they are are there feeding. jmo.
Their not very good readers. Same here, doesn't seem to matter (IMO). |
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Location: oswego, il | It can also depend on the spot and the system you are on. Some structures will hold fish regardless, some will when the wind hits it. |
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| @Top H2O so you would fish the side that that was protected from the wind or that the wind was blowing into? |
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Location: Vilas | There are no short cuts in fishing. Start on the windy side of the structure youre fishing, if nothing is happening, cover the whole thing. Keep casting and be patient
Edited by sukrchukr 1/13/2019 11:10 AM
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| What time of year? Are they shallow or have they moved out deep? Also, how much battery do I have on the trolling motor? |
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Location: SW Ohio | Spencer and his partner won the PMTT Championship fishing the green area similar to the bottom hole on both days. But he fished shallow to deep one day, deep to shallow the other. On day two they were sitting shallow, casting deep, letting it drop then bringing it up the slope. At least they were when we saw them. Day one had 50 mph winds, rain, sleet and snow. |
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Location: WI | Both. As stated above, when was last wind direction change? Typical VS wind blown current. Even consider vegetation and sun angle. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | MNFisherman - 1/13/2019 10:49 AM
@Top H2O so you would fish the side that that was protected from the wind or that the wind was blowing into?
Think about what I posted... If the wind blown shoreline was consistent for 2-3 days and all of a sudden the wind reversed... you still want to fish that area, or start there and fish it a while.... At least It makes sense in My Mind... And I've had some success doing this. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | This type of thing happens in Canada for me.
On those really windy days, the wind-blown side of an island might not be fishable...but the back side is...and many times fish are just on the edge of the current coming around the island.
If it's not a hump like was posted, fishing the lee side after a wind switch can be good as the fish don't just up and vacate immediately.
I've had some humps and spines where the fish easily can slide from one side to the other, and the windy side is the side that holds the fish... The spine is maybe 30 feet wide at it's widest point and tops out at 5 - 7 feet or so...
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| Boat control will be better fishing into the wind, so I will usually start with the lee side and work my way around. |
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| Appreciate it guys, thanks |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Try Beano |
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Location: Alexandria, MN | It is always worth it to fish the windy side. That said, it seems the longer the wind blows from the same direction, the greater likelihood that fish will set up on the leeward side of spots. My theory is that wind-induced current eventually pushes plankton to the calm side of structure, and the baitfish and predators soon follow. Probably worth it to fish the whole thing - especially after a couple days of steady wind from the same direction. |
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