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Location: Iowa | I know the topic of wind has been brought up more times than you can count on two hands but I was thinking about this the other day and just had to post it. I know most of you have heard the old sayings "Wind from the east, fishing is least; wind from the west, fishing is best; wind from the south blows the bait in the fishes mouth; wind from the north, the fish will come forth." Now for the most part this has held true for me. 4 of the 5 muskies I have caught came when the wind was from the south, west, or north but my largest came when the wind was out of the east and it was cold and cloudy. I know someone who caught a very large muskie recently when the wind was straight out of the east at 5-10 mph, bright blue skies and hot. How do you explain this according to the tale. For most other species of fish that I have fished for it doesn't seem to matter much but I do notice that I catch more fishnin general when the wind is from some variation of the west. Why? What are your thoughts on this and under what conditions do the majority of your fish come?
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| Prob depends more on the specific lake and it's setup/structure than fixted direction. Some lakes kick butt on East winds and some are dead. You can catch more and larger fish in wind period. Fish downwind strategically of course most of the time. Fish bite wherever whenever when they are hungry.... |
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| Right on about specific body of water!! Been thinking about this recently a fair amount...why are we so quick to say "the fish aren't moving" or "the fish are too conditioned/pressured?" Could it be that we are conditioned more than the fish are? Hearing sayings about the wind and believing them...does this already alter our attitude? Thinking a day is going to be unproductive because of those sayings, theories, or whatever else is "supposed to be ideal conditions?" There's a handful of lakes I purposely will fish on post frontal, bluebird sky days. Fish them when conditions are "ideal" and they just won't produce.
I honestly believe that there are active fish in a system at ALL times. Perhaps by being conditioned to approach things "by the book" (i.e. those so called ideal weather conditions, wind conditions, depths, weeds, rock, etc.) we are missing out on a whole population of fish that are active when the going gets tough so to speak. Hitting the same milkrun the same way all the time could condition us to just chalking up an unproductive outing as a slow day when instead active fish are being overlooked time and time again. |
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| both of my 35lbers came on an east wind, slight drizzle, cold, 2ft waves. also have done well in a north wind. I just think you have to look at trends. If you have 3 days of a warm humid southerly wind, and day 4 you wake up to 20degree drop and NW 15mph winds, stay in bed, but 3-4 days of NW winds, and you have something, I really follow weather trends no matter how crappy it seems. the fish adapt, and have to eat, the thing I dont like is everyday something different is happening, it makes it really hard to pin down a pattern. fish are very unpredictable, but still catchable. I think its all in the anglers mind set too. If you have confidence in something that has worked in the past, stick with it. Youll get bit.
Now flat calm and clear, Im probably cuttin the lawn and enjoying a frosty one. |
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