Fishing in windy day

[Eddie101]

Do you avoid windy area, and look for a calm water/cove or do you enjoy fishing in that situation? I'm told a spinner bait is best on windy days, but I never caught a single fish with a spinner bait on a windy day. Crank bait yes, but spinner bait no. Perhaps I wasn't using it correctly who knows. And when you do fish in windy areas what do you typically throw? I'm guessing any topwater lures are out, but what about Texas rigged worms, senkos, Ika etc? How do you watch the line when it's constantly bowed? Many thanks in advance. 

[RoLo]

 

The water current generated by wind tends to stimulate the feeding urge in predatory fish.

For this reason, windblown water is something you would seek rather than avoid.

Even in a strong wind with whitecaps, you can usually position the boat

so you''re just outside turbulent water; game fish are doing the same thing.  

 

Roger

 

 

[Eddie101]

10 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

The water current generated by wind tends to stimulate the feeding urge in predatory fish.

For this reason, windblown water is something you would seek rather than avoid.

Even in a strong wind with whitecaps, you can usually position the boat

so you''re just outside turbulent water; game fish are doing the same thing.  

 

Roger

 

 

Roger, which lures would you suggest? 

[RoLo]

2 minutes ago, Eddie101 said:

Roger, which lures would you suggest? 

 

With the possible exception of topwater lures, you can throw whatever you wish.

With regard to spinnerbaits: yes, they're definitely more productive on a windy day

and in dingy water. 

 

Roger

 

[livin2fish]

You mentioned top water being not usable.  In light chop, I've often had good luck with the Smithwick Devils Horse, which is a top water with a prop on each end.  Normally fishing is better throwing into the wind which is sometimes more difficult.  As RoLo mentioned the food for the bait fish is being blown toward you, and the larger fish are positioning to eat the bait fish, so your lure is supposedly coming toward the fish you are targeting.  If I am having a problem using my baitcasters throwing into the wind, I revert to my spinning outfits, and use a low roll cast to try to stay under the wind.  There have also been days where I could not get a bite in the wind and moved to a cove and fished just inside the mouth of the cove, sitting in the calm and casting to the edge of the wind and caught fish.  If you try enough things, eventually the fish will like something.  But not always.  That's fishing.

[James Niggemeyer]

Hi Ed, I really like to throw moving type baits in wind, however what I throw is dependent on water conditions and clarity.  Short list is: spinnerbait - stained water, lowlight conditions, areas with brush, grass or various weeds, but of course when I’ve identified baitfish presence.

 

Crankbaits, bladed jigs(Chatterbait) type lures as well as some topwaters like buzzbaits and walking type baits depending upon the velocity of the wind.  Jerkbaits and swimbaits on jigheads also work too.   I will throw texas rigged soft plastics do work in the wind but your gonna need heavier weights to stay in contact with the bait.   I always try to line watch however with too much line bow you’ll need to fish more by feel.  As a general rule the wind should position the fish much like current will in a river on and along points, objects or cover that might act as a current breakout ambush location, as well as stimulate some feeding so if you don’t get bit in an area move and try another section.   Fish tend to feed into current to take advantage of things as they come by.   Hope that helps, good fishing!