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| Do east winds give you bad luck? I have found that on a river situation east wind with usually a falling barometer can make for some very good fishing.
Also, there is one lake in Iron county that if I am up there and the wind blows from the east, I go right to that lake at any season. I beleive it is a spot on a spot with the easterly direction that actually makes this spot smoke!
Are east winds really bad, or is it a myth in our heads ??? Just think`in to much! |
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Location: Valentine, NE USA | I'll have to agree with you on this one, for now.
I have a favorite lake that I fish 95% of the time...if there's an East wind, I don't even bother to go out. Southerly winds, fine...Northerly winds, fine...but, the fish are always biting when it's out of the West.
They don't seem to move into other areas, they just get lockjaw.
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| The best days I had this fall were when the wind was from an eastely direction. The shad were always holding on the leeward side if it was cloudy and the air temp. was colder than the water and on the windward side if it was sunny and the air temp. was warmer than the water. Wind direction affects where fish locate, but I don't think it stops the bite. I have a necked down spot that when the wind is from the N.W. I always catch fish, but if it is from the S.E. I seldom catch fish there. The more I fish, the more I find there are no hard rules. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | From a Meteorologist's Perspective.
Wind from the West fish bite the best? WHY? Many times, in Minnesota during the summer, when you have a West wind it indicates an approaching Cold Front. As we all know pre-frontal conditions can be most beneficial times to fish. Associated with Low Pressure center near your location.
Wind from the East fish bite the least? WHY? After a front passes through, the winds shift 90-180 degrees hence our post-frontal conditions. And everyone know how crappy those days can be. Associated with High Pressure center near your location, or Warm Fronts.
Edited by marine_1 2/7/2005 10:12 AM
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Location: Valentine, NE USA | See...I knew it wasn't just a BS theory! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Another weatherman's perspective, from Rhinelander this time. Most east to northeast winds here are created by a Low pressure system (counterclockwise air flow) passing to the south. It's possible to get a clockwise flow form a High up north, but that doesn't happen here much because of the jetstream. I've found that an approaching low can be very good, but the windows of opportunity will be small for me until the front actually starts to pass through. If the Low is a slow mover, the prevailing East wind seems to put most of the lakes here in a bit of a funk. I go to the rivers then, because I feel the barometer has less effect on moving water when considered as a ratio measuring fish activity.
West to Northwest winds here usually mean a high ( Clockwise flow), which means rising barometer, clearing skies and cooling temps. A trend to Southwest means the High is moving East, ushering in whatever is behind the High. Depending on where the High pressuer center is, we can get anything for a due North, Northwest, or West wind after it moves in, and a Southwest, South, or almost West wind as it exits the area. If an approaching Low is very far to the South, we'll get a Southeast wind as it approaches.
I bet you'll see differing opinions from areas across the country as to what wind direction means locally, because the geographical location and how the average High and Low pressure systems track across the US.
I watch the weather alot for my lake selection, and anticipate the winds days in advance. Now I just need to get out there more! |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Very Good Point Mr. Worrall. And, I must say I'm impressed that you know that much about your local wx.
My post was meant more on a general commentary as to where the myth came from. |
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| Wind from the East is generally bad in my experience, but there are exceptions like Grindstone for some reason? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | marine_1,
Agreed, I know what you were saying about the 'myth'. I live in the North, where we have VERY long winters, so I read alot.  |
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Location: nationwide | For some reason beyond my capacity I have noticed, and I do not think it is just me, that the first day of a cold front, and sometimes into the second day the action is considerably slower but the fish size caught seems to be above average, sometimes well above average. I am for the most part talking about the Chip but this may also occur other places. I do not get discouraged with an East wind and actually look forward to an East wind, as there are a few consistent spots that seem to have fish on them during these conditions.
Unlocking the mystery of wind direction and intensity and fish location is a never ending battle and just when you think you have something figured out . . . . . you end up scratching your head and re-grouping.
I am with Steve in looking at weather maps a few days before trips to project fronts and figuring out which direction and speed of the wind and making mental notes on certain areas to try because of it. Then it all changes when the pressure areas track differently than you, or the weather people projected.
Ah, gotta love nature . . . it sure is a mother!!!!!
Corey Meyer
Edited by muskymeyer 2/8/2005 2:04 PM
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| "They" do say "east is least" but I can tell you that one of my most action packed days on Pewaukee Lake a few years back was during an Aug afternoon of strong easterly winds. We put 3 muskies in the boat that night. The 3rd one came while the 2nd 1 was still in the net. We moved 10 fish while fishing the middle of the main channel just south of Taylor Bay. Just kept making the same drift over and over and the fish where really moving that night. I haven't seen those conditions since.
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Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | It depends on the relationship of the structure you are fishing to the wind direction. The closer the wind is to coming into the structure at a 90 degree angler, the more likely the wind will create turbulence and chaos - which will create feeding activity along the structural element. If the lake doesn't receive east wind activity very often, and this wind angle contacts several key structural elements at that right angle, you can actually find yourself onto some numbers, and some big fish too!
The bottomline is that such old addages are 100% B.S.!
Regards,
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| Dec. 8th, 50 deg surface temp.,S.E. moderate wind,Bar. 30.05, 37,41, and 42 inchers. Dec. 9th,50 deg. surface temp.,S.W. moderate to brisk wind, Bar. 29.7 and falling, no hits all day. Had you known the conditions in advance, which day would you have picked? I would have picked the 9th. |
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