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Old 04-17-06, 04:17 PM   #1
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What would you do if the following windy conditions presented themselves?
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Old 04-17-06, 05:06 PM   #2
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Your options suck.Lmao....I would find a marina and flip around the boat slips all day.I know it sucks doing that too, but they hold fish and you anit got to spend more time tending to the trolling motor than you will fishing. At least you made it out of the yard, I got stuck trying to pull my boat out of a wet yard.Damned narrow boat wheels sank to the axle allowing enough pull to get the damned car stuck.a hour of raising the car and putting wooden planks under the tires of the car and boat to get it out on solid ground, I said F- it. I anit going to fight the damned wind all day while trying to fish.I went and got a milkshake and had a flat tire . Today anit been my day. If I could spell that big word Rebbasser used , I might of . P N J
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Old 04-17-06, 05:35 PM   #3
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yeah well up thar in renegade ny marina flippin is prob. allowed, down here its against the lake law and they call the fuzz on ya
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Old 04-17-06, 07:21 PM   #4
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All of the above if I had a boat.
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Old 04-17-06, 07:56 PM   #5
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I like three strategies, skipping tiki stiks/senkos under docks, working a popper much faster than I normally would upwind in coves (pop, pull, pop,pull steady reel the whole time vs. pop, pop, rest, pick up slack) And running a crankbait deep to mid depth across what I call ambush points. What I mean by ambush point is an area where water is moving across and into a protected area and bass are laying up waiting to hit baitfish.
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Old 04-17-06, 10:23 PM   #6
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i just keep fishin.....and yes...i have to stay on the trolling motor all day...but i'm a die hard fisherwoman....i aint about to give up just for a little wind.....can i get a Booyah!!!!!......
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Old 04-17-06, 10:34 PM   #7
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I'll go either way here. Now that I carry a spare TM battery. Hell, Ive got 4 batteries on the boat now.
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Old 04-17-06, 10:37 PM   #8
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Instead of coves, I put in at rivers or in creeks and go up them, using the tighter lay of the land to help alleviate the wind problem. Then I normally float with the wind and trolling motor to just guide my direction.
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Old 04-18-06, 09:28 AM   #9
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I B***H all day long about it, but keep fishing anyway, sooner or later there is a 90 second gap between gusts, and I make every second count.
Then I B***H some more as the wind picks back up. B***H, B***H, B***H, that's how I deal with it. And work that trolling motor constantly. BOOYAH
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Old 04-18-06, 02:51 PM   #10
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I personally think wind can be a disadvantage in the spring and fall, but in the summer I like a wind. Puts some chop on the water, puts added O2 in the water, shakes larvae and other water insects loose turning on the food chain. A constant wind will localize the zooplankton on the lake. In the spring when the fish are in the mood for love, however, nothing puts a damper on the bump and grind like wind blowing into a cove. For this time of year, I would go protected and with a subtle approach. Stow the trolling motor and drift with the wind to coverwater.

I like the idea of finding some protected docks and pitching/flipping/skipping those.

I like the idea of heading up a tributary or river where wind isn't as much of an element.

On the clear lakes of Wisconsin, I just push off the banks to the sharpest breaklines as fish will retreat easily to more suitable conditions while expending the least amount of energy.

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Old 04-18-06, 03:37 PM   #11
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windward banks with an xrap kills in clear water but ive also done what pnj said on the new boat slips that theve made down here and already big fish are holding off of them
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Old 04-19-06, 06:52 AM   #12
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i just keep fishin.....and yes...i have to stay on the trolling motor all day...but i'm a die hard fisherwoman....i aint about to give up just for a little wind.....can i get a Booyah!!!!!......
BOOOOYYYYAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Now you need anything else.LMAO!!!!!!
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Old 04-19-06, 09:00 PM   #13
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i would do the same thing as PNJ look for the marinas and flip the docks
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Old 04-20-06, 05:18 PM   #14
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your choices suck jb..

i would fish every wind blown point on the lake.. then hit all the wind blown rip rap i could find.

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Old 04-20-06, 05:22 PM   #15
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If the wind is blowing in ALL directions, wouldn't they cancel out and turn into a calm day? Maybe I wrong, but a 25MPH north wind plus and 25MPH south wind = 0 wind??????
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Old 04-20-06, 06:19 PM   #16
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Drop shoting on a bobber! works great set your depth and your in business partner. lets you get in real close to action. start up wind and float it into what your fishing at.
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Old 04-20-06, 06:51 PM   #17
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booyah!! I agree!! no winds gonna stop me from fishin!!
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Old 04-21-06, 05:03 AM   #18
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Hmmmmmm.....lemme see here 25 mph winds in every direction ok got that. Now where or in which direction do ya duck when throwing or attempting to throw a 1/2 oz spinnerbait. I say dont worry just do it.
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Old 04-24-06, 03:48 PM   #19
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I agree with Zook ref. JB. Try throwing side arm, that way you can keep your backlashes down. I also would go to any point, rip rap, brush, anything that you think might hold fish. Don't worry about the wind, just stay on the trolling motor as much as necc. Have several different spots in mind.
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Old 04-24-06, 08:55 PM   #20
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Quote:
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BOOOOYYYYAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Now you need anything else.LMAO!!!!!!

of course i do.....but i'll reserve the right to ask for that later.....hehehehehe.....
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Old 04-25-06, 08:35 PM   #21
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if it is windy up here i just dont go out when the waves are 6-10 feet high on lake erie there is no where to hind and fish i only go out if the waves are 3 foot or smaller
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