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| Here is a question for the river fishermen do you think that a upriver wind affects the mood of muskies? I typically see the fish shut down when the wind blows upriver and are in a negative mood. I would almost pack it up and go home with an upriver wind . |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Our river flows west so an upriver wind means an east winds. So yes it can be tough going but there always are a couple of fish needing to feed to stay alive. I can't see fish shut off if we had 5 straight days of east winds.
BTW we have a saying here " Winds from the east brings out the beast ". |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I think the upriver winds do slow current some, and effect where the fish's location. As TM said, there's always the one or two that need to feed, finding where they go on changed current is a large factor. Richard, do you see the muskies change location at all in a strong upriver wind? |
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| I have found that fishing winds that are blowing upriver have been fairly friendly. I have two fish this year under these conditions.
Things I did notice.
Both fish were right down in the weeds/structure.
Both fish came when I was upriver casting down. I suspect they were facing into the wind, with the current at their back, while hiding behind some sort of current break.
My 2 cent |
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Location: Northern IL | "Do you think that a upriver wind affects the "mood" (activity level) of fish?
Yes! But it is not the wind direction by itself that has much to do with activity.
I have a question, If we have a river that runs north to south. Given the choice, When would you fish it?
I fish such a river and under 20+mph south (upriver) winds my kids and I had our best muskie day for size this season with 7 fish over 40". 40 41 42 46 48 49 & 51". We had another day with 12 muskies landed.
Isn't it true that: What effects fish activity "MOST" is the weather and the water conditions at that particular time?
Rivers run in all directions, Here in the Midwest north or east winds indicate to us that a cold front has passed through fairly recently. West or south winds indicate we have stable or a front is approaching.
I'm gonna keep my eye on genuine fishing facts "weather and water 1st". |
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| I find the fish do change locations a little bit, but are still within the typical areas you normally find them in. If you figure, there is still quite a bit of current under the surface, it all depends on where in the water collumn the fish are located.
as for unfavorable conditions, for example the infamous coldfront, I don't believe this shuts fish down as much as one would think. we seem to do very well on some of those bluebird blowout days. pretty unexpected sometimes, but worth it. sorry Im not a pro though!
Edited by dogboy 9/19/2005 9:00 AM
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