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| hey guys, while fishing over a flat and drifting with the wind I have always wondered if it makes a difference in regards to hook up rates if I cast with the wind or against the wind. |
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Location: WI | I think the only thing that it affects is the speed of your delivery. I tend to cast in the direction I'm drifting to cover the water my boat will drift over. Also to the side |
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Location: Walker, MN | I think active fish have a pretty large strike zone so I cast (and pee) with the wind whenever possible. |
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Location: Detroit River | Masqui-ninja - 6/14/2014 9:56 PM I think active fish have a pretty large strike zone so I cast (and pee) with the wind whenever possible. A wise man once said: "Never pee into the wind".  |
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| Haha^
Thanks guys, yes I'm the same I cast with the wind. Was just curious on others |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | If the wind induces a current wouldn't the fish be headed into it and therefore cast into the wind to have your lure coming at the fish. I cast with into and cross depending on what and where I'm fishing . Tonight I gave up fighting the wind and got a small one trolling. |
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Location: Ames, Iowa | Into the wind + casting = professional overrun |
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| I think you are giving up a lot of opportunities to cover the area you are fishing if you only cast with the wind. Use heavier bucktails or other heavier lures, use you thumb or cast control adjustment knob on your reel and cast into the wind. |
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Posts: 2024
| Bullet sidearm casts into the wind. Thanks for that pointer Jerome. |
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| I like to fish wind blown structure, so my casts are usually going with the wind when casting towards the shoreline. I still like to fish good spots regardless of the wind, so casts may be with or against the wind. You just never know. Hookup rates might have more to do with lure selection, how you are using the lure, and how the fish hits the lure. Be ready to set the hook!
Edited by Anonymous 6/16/2014 3:38 AM
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I prefer into the wind, quartering the wind, or cross wind casts over a downwind cast. When targeting specific locations, I'll cast into the wind considering current and ambush. When the wind is very strong, I'll quarter into the wind for cast control and to better control my lure speed on the retrieve. When fan casting a large featureless area, I'll cast cross wind. With the boat drifting, this will provide maximum coverage of the area if methodicaly casting (grid pattern) and the latter half of your cast will still be trailing with the current. When none of the above are options, I'll cast down wind. |
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Posts: 2017
| What Jason said.....furthermore ,windy days many time produce a great topwater bite, however casting straight down wind and bringing the bait into the wave is your least productive option fishing topwater from my experience, quartering your casts slightly into the wind, or in crazy wind cross wind casts .. giving the fish as much chance as possible to eat in the wave "trough". this will get you more strikes and greatly improve your hookups on a windy day.....the wind is your friend if you love to chase muskies |
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