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| When fishing a wind swept point or isolated weed/rock bar. Do you prefer to start far out then quietly drift towards structure casting with the wind? Or do you prefer to start on the down wind side of the point/bar and electric into the wind then casting into the wind across the point bringing your lure towards the structure? | |
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| It all depends on how strong the wind is I guess. I`ve never been one to work into a strong headwind.....not to mention the backlashes that tend to accompany it. I`ve always liked to work with the wind at my back. I was taught and beleive in starting at least 100 yards from your intended target. I`ve caught more than a few fish way off the intended structure that I was targeting. Beav | |
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| If I started 100 yds from my target I would be spending an inordinate amount of time in fishless water, I rarely even start 1 1/2 casts out. And the windier it is the closer I will work. I am not opposed to coming up on the lee side of a point and chucking a few into the wind, particularly if I have a pretty good idea of where the location is.
For problem fish, or areas that are hit heavily and tend to hold educated fish, I will start further out, shut off trolling motors AND depthfinders and drift in on them.
One thing that seems notable to me is that in windy conditions, either into or across an area, have found multiple fish in spots that normally only hold one or scattered fish, sometimes have found groups in the wind and they may all be in pretty close proximity.
Always in some kind of squeeze postion. | |
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Windswept point