Most irritating fishing condition?

[Pond Hopper]

Post cold front muddy water... seems I have been dealing with it for 3 weeks. I can deal with wind, a nice little chop seems to make the fish bite.

[Jimzee]

Well I would have normally said wind until I went to Guntersville on a "real" lake and found out what wind really was. (30-40 mph) I have never drained a trolling motor battery on any lake in WV....Guntersville eat it alive. I will never complain about the wind in WV again. ;D

[burleytog]

Wind, wind, and more wind.  

[fourbizz]

I'm a fan of wind up until about 15-20, after that I am with you guys. If boat positioning and casting weren't an issue then I would be happy. Wind+Swimbaits= ;D

But post frontal conditions in cold, muddy water. I will probably just stay home and head butt a wall. Gets me angry and gives me a headache just like the fishing would have, but I saved $100.

[Lavrax]

fishing in midsummer under the sun with temperatures in the order of 106 degrees, with a hot burning wind as if was from an exhaust  pipe blowin in your eyes and drying them.. Also having wasps, bees following you, spiders and thirsty vipers crawling everywhere :s.. Waiting for the sun to descent only to realize that a massive mosquito cloud is forming over your head, which is time to head home !

[farmpond1]

The three most irrittating fishing conditions (from a boat) are wind, wind, and wind.  Sometimes I wish I had a heavier fiberglass boat to help counter the wind but with gas prices being what they are...

I thought I'd be clever this year and get an anchor mate so I could drop and raise anchor on a whim (without getting rope burns or constantly untangling kinks.  It works as advertised and I'm fairly pleased with the product (though there could be a few improvements).  Many (read "most") of the lakes I fish, however, have hard clay bottoms and if the wind is stronger than about 10 mph, the anchor just skitters along the bottom until I drift into deeper water.  Then it just suspends under the boat.

Did I happen to mention that I hate the wind?

[rondef]

I hear you on the wind conditions.  It is not fun to fish in the high winds.

[TeamBerettaGold]

The ULTIMATE BAD:

High wind with freezing temperatures and rain, fishing in chocolate milk.

Been there once, but it won't happen again.

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Sounds like the WI opener tomorrow, only the temps should be in the low to mid 40's with a 20mph wind, and a 60% chance of rain, and thunder thrown in the mix, great....

[Nick B]

Being here in New Mexico, wind is by far the worst part. It definetly determines what days I will fish here. Breezy here I can handle, windy is dangerous here, 30-40 sustained gusts to 60. Of course Murphy's law always comes into play on windy days, My outboard will decide its time to go to crap on windy days. Im sure when I move to Little Rock in June I will find a new condition that is the most irritating. When I was stationed in Ga, I would say the heat and bugs were the most irritating the wind wasnt really that big of a problem

[ba7ss3in]

Another very frustrating situation is shorefishing on a hot windless day with tons of mosquitos. That's almost always enough to make me leave.

Yeah and those little bugs called no-no's or simms.

[Bankbeater]

Hail isn't any fun either .

[thetr20one]

I can take the wind. I really don't mind it unless it has heavy rain with it. I have been on Lake Erie in some pretty rough stuff, (20to30mph) that gets a little hairy. But on our smaller lakes I just deal with it. I hate fishing in very calm scorching hot bluebird sky days.

[suede55bowtie]

I don't cuss often, but if I'm fishing on a windy day I cuss like a sailor.

X2 on that one buddy

x3 on that too

[Sam]

My most irritating fishing condition is when the guy I am with is catching nice bass and I am not.

[roadwarrior]

How 'bout running out of beer or smokes?

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[farmpond1]

My most irritating fishing condition is when the guy I am with is catching nice bass and I am not.

Okay, you've got me there.  That is pretty dang irritating.  That and jet/water skiers.  I'm surprised nobody has mentioned them.

[rboat]

Wind, jet skis, waterskiers, powerboats, crowded ramps, idiots,

and having to take a leak and suddenly every boat on the lake stops in viewing distance.

[wilsonm1]

hi, im in middle schoool, my most irritating fishing condition is having my family around, both of my sisters can be so annoying.

[FD.]

Air Boats - They are everywhere, Sunday I was drifting down a canal about a half cast off the bank and had an Airboat go between me and the bank.  I wish I had a big crank bait on the deck at that time.

[Sam]

Roadwarrior...no alcohol beverages allowed on my boat for any reason.

No alcohol beverages allowed on any boats during a tournament.

Smokeing is OK but if we get very technical, I can DQ anyone smoking if they throw their cigeratte buts into the water as pollution is grounds for a DQ.

And no wild women allowed in the boats, either!

[VekolBass]

Wind. And I always know it is going to windy on any given day when I'm in a boat and have a fishing rod in my hand. When I'm at work it seems the wind is generally about 5-10.

[t bend tex]

I agree -  the wind on TBend has been BAD this year.  My wife and I have spent about 25 days during March and April at our fish camp on TB, probably had maybe 25 HOURS of decent wind conditions.  All our favorite bass (and crappie) spots seem to be directly in the path of the wind-of-the-day!

Larry G

[Red]

i cant stand the wind either.  although it usually makes for better fishing, it makes casting difficult.  and i fish from shore, so i cant always position myself to cast with the wind.  i usually turn on another brake and make shorter casts if i have to cast into the wind.

[Joel W]

How 'bout running out of beer or smokes?

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No Way !!

I haven't had a cigarette in more then 15 years, and I only occasionally drink beer.  I have strong feelings  that it doesn't belong on any boat, let alone a fishing boat, where ones senses needs to be as sharp as possible both for finding and catching Bass, and for the safety of all concerned. Beer, and for that matter any alcohol is best left for after ones day on the water.

[Wayne P.]

Rude fishermen are the most irritating for me. Everthing else is tolerable.