Super User Spankey Posted June 4, 2023 Super User Posted June 4, 2023 The last two days have been dealing with killer winds. When the winds are blowing as you are heading out the driveway, it’s gonna be interesting. But I just had to try to deal with it. This is something you all have faced many times. Just could not find a way to use it to my advantage on the river. I opted for the river over the lake because I thought for sure the lake would have chop I couldn’t deal with. To make things work I had to fish under an Interstate highway and railroad pilings that ran parallel and span the river. Was not a total wind relief but better in general. My smallie total and sizes were not great. Managed (4) 13”-14”ers bank/drop off fish and numerous dinks and runts off the pilings. Yum craw variations, Dry Creek finesse worms and 1/4 oz. Joes Flies in-line spinners majority were caught on. I got hung up fishing the craws because my better bites came off of them. I think if I had it to do over I’d have stayed off the pilings but the wood log jams could not be passed on. 2 Quote
Super User Bird Posted June 4, 2023 Super User Posted June 4, 2023 Went out Saturday with the wife and the wind wouldn't allow me to fish at all. My job was to keep the boat straight while the wife casted 20 yards above where she wanted the bait to land. She caught fish so wasn't all bad. 2 Quote
The Baron Posted June 5, 2023 Posted June 5, 2023 Our bass season isn’t open up here yet (not until 3rd Saturday in June) but I’m testing/debugging our new little 16ft. Bass Tracker. Like any other working man, I was looking forward to Saturday but woke up to strong wind in the trees here at home even at 5am - about 20mph gusting to 30 so that nixed the day. Went Sunday and got a few, but killed the trolling motor battery pretty fast holding in a wind tunnel spot working a deep weed edge for pike. But on the topic of smallmouth, the lake we were on is new to me and known for some great smallmouth fishing. The preloaded lake maps are not very accurate, so I had me new Garmin mapping the whole time we cruised around exploring. ? 1 1 Quote
Super User Spankey Posted June 5, 2023 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, The Baron said: Our bass season isn’t open up here yet (not until 3rd Saturday in June) but I’m testing/debugging our new little 16ft. Bass Tracker. Like any other working man, I was looking forward to Saturday but woke up to strong wind in the trees here at home even at 5am - about 20mph gusting to 30 so that nixed the day. Went Sunday and got a few, but killed the trolling motor battery pretty fast holding in a wind tunnel spot working a deep weed edge for pike. But on the topic of smallmouth, the lake we were on is new to me and known for some great smallmouth fishing. The preloaded lake maps are not very accurate, so I had me new Garmin mapping the whole time we cruised around exploring. ? As my luck has it today, it’s a dead no wind condition and bluebird sky. But I have a door I’m working on this morning keeping me homebound. I’ll be out mid week, might get a morning like today. 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted June 5, 2023 Global Moderator Posted June 5, 2023 I just fish on anchor when it’s bad 2 Quote
Super User Spankey Posted June 5, 2023 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2023 35 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: I just fish on anchor when it’s bad I was doing a bit of that also. That worked out well along rock banks. Just want to catch an AM this week without any wind for a couple of hours. 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted June 5, 2023 Global Moderator Posted June 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Spankey said: I was doing a bit of that also. That worked out well along rock banks. Just want to catch an AM this week without any wind for a couple of hours. I hope ya get out there and slay em on glass slick conditions! Quote
Super User TOXIC Posted June 5, 2023 Super User Posted June 5, 2023 As I have posted, we had 30mph gusts on St Clair and ended up walleye fishing in the river for 2 days. Not as fun but we got lots of table fare. 1 1 Quote
Super User Spankey Posted June 5, 2023 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2023 2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: I hope ya get out there and slay em on glass slick conditions! I caught a nice mini-pig 15”+ two weeks ago on a YUM craw. Been beating that area for a larger one. I’ll get a glass morning soon. I’ll #iss and moan about conditions sometimes but I know we all have been through it. A lot of you guys get slammed with severe stuff. We need rain here. I think they (state government) are declaring drought conditions here tomorrow. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted June 5, 2023 Global Moderator Posted June 5, 2023 45 minutes ago, Spankey said: I caught a nice mini-pig 15”+ two weeks ago on a YUM craw. Been beating that area for a larger one. I’ll get a glass morning soon. I’ll #iss and moan about conditions sometimes but I know we all have been through it. A lot of you guys get slammed with severe stuff. We need rain here. I think they (state government) are declaring drought conditions here tomorrow. We rarely have windy days but we sure had one during the bassmaster classic when I tried to take @roadwarriorfishing on tellico. I can’t drive very far in my flat bottom boat when it’s like that 1 Quote
The Baron Posted June 5, 2023 Posted June 5, 2023 5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: I just fish on anchor when it’s bad I’ll definitely do that next time, as it would have worked well. I was just too excited to see my new Spotlock motor doing its job. lol 1 1 Quote
Super User Spankey Posted June 5, 2023 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2023 I’m aluminum it makes it tough. I don’t have power poles but thought about that power spike. Never went any further than thinking about it. Quote
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