How Do You Fish Windy Days?

[Under the Radar]

That the remote control version correct ?

Yes Mattheww2000 that's the Terrova w/iPilot. I'm aging like LongMike and need all the help I can get. 20 mph winds don't bother me at all (depending on the lake) Example, Lake Toho, East Toho or Kissemee can get nasty. But here are enough lakes here in central FLA that there is always someplace to put the boat in and fish. As always, a little common sense goes a long ways.

[DILLY07]

When its windy, I usually put 3/4 oz jig. 3/8 oz to Ounce bullet to flip and pitch. 3/8 oz lipless crank or 3/8 oz chatterbait.

[ZB85]

Chatterbaits and chatterbaits

[yugrac]

The baits most have mentioned are what I usually fish with anyway, I used to hate fishing in the wind, but my new boat is much heavier and stable than my old 14 ft V hull.  Its always windy where I live, you can tell from all the wind farms, I can look out my front windows and see 12 wind turbines running. You just have to suck it up and deal with it if you want to fish.

[DocNsanE]

most others have already covered the baits and techniques I'll go to as well. One thing I'll sometimes do in a lighter aluminum boat is move the boat to one end of a weedline and then let the wind and current bring me down the weed line until I am out of the zone and then I'll reposition and start again. Often times there will be two or three spots on those weeds that I know are more likely to catch but if it's really blowing, it gets hard to keep the boat in place.

[ol salty]

Yup spinnerbaits. Ive done really, really well on suspending jerkbaits in the wind too. Stick your rod tip down low to the water while working the bait. Same goes for casting. Like a knock down shot when golfing. Cast with a very low trajectory and put a lil some thing on it. Not too much but give it a good sling. Then towards the end of the cast "try" to lightly pull the line thats out over the water down onto the surface to combat the line bow. As for boat control goes I like to anchor on these windy pre spawn staging areas. Then I just have to worry about casting.

[frogflogger]

Spinner baits are my usual ticket in wind but there are times a grub or a wacky rigged senko on a float can be deadly - the waves give it action and it is really fun to watch for the bobber in the whitecaps. Some very nice bass have been caught doing this.

[bonzai22]

If its colder water in the 40's I would slow roll a spinnerbait or fish a lip less crank on the windy banks. If it's water in the 50's I have caught a lot big fish on wind blown banks with a mid depth crank crashing the bottom the more wind the better for that.

[geo g]

1. I check the weather reports for strength of wind and wind direction.

 

2. Then I pick a place to fish that would be easy under those conditions.

 

3. If the wind is above steady 20 MPH with gusts, I stay home.  It just makes my life easier.

 

4. I let the wind be my friend, by keeping the wind too my back, and casting with the wind to my back.

 

5. If the wind pushes the boat too fast, I put out the drift sock.  This greatly reduces the forward movement of the boat, and is useful in all depths of water.  A lot of guys now have power poles, this really helps in shallow windy areas.

 

6. I will use more weight with my lures to keep the line under easy control, and back lash free.

 

7. With the wind moving the boat instead of your T/M, you are NOW in stealth mode.  This helps greatly with spooky fish, especially in clear water.

 

8. Look for funnel points for the wind between clumps of weeds, or two pieces of land.  Funnel point provide increased current which the fish position themselves on.  Fish the down wind sides of the funnel.

 

9. Look for slack water behind some structure, fallen trees, clumps of vegetation, points, objects in the water, anything that will break the wind and current.  They often sit in the still water behind objects, and dash out and ambush stuff drifting bye.

 

Don't be aggravated by moderate winds, let the wind work for you, and use the tools out there to help you be successful.

[RoLo]

Living in Georgia was like living in the Horse Latitudes, but Florida is a windy state where you're forced to adapt.

In heavy winds and whitecaps, I just put the Minn Kota Talon on 'rough water' mode

and keep my tiptop guide on the water surface. Everything else stays pretty much the same. 

 

Roger

[Khan of the Res]

when i fish in my canoe I drop 2 twenty pound anchors - one on the bow and one on the stern. use a moving bait and cast low and try casting with the wind so you won't get a bow in your line.

[phototex]

I stick to timbered or brush-filled water and either use an anchor or a brush hook to hold me in place. Then I normally cast either upwind or downwind and keep my rod tip down to keep the bow out of my line. Works for me.....sometimes.

[Crutch]

When I fish my canoe I try to get stuck in lillypads and make casts with the wind, it usually works really well at this particular lake I fish at.

[Trek]

They cost to much but I love my power poles.

[zeth]

In general I will just take use whatever I would normally use but upgrade weight of lure to maintain a feel for the bait and to maintain some sort of castability. As far as boat handling well I don't own a boat so can't answer on that. At least not yet.