Chatting to a friend the other day who was saying they always fish the wind.
Got me thinking if I followed his logic then warm south westerly wind followed = fish the north/north east corner of the lake.
However cold wind normally north or north eastern then fish off the wind = fish north/north east corner.
Do we put to much into the wind especially on many smaller lakes or is the north east corner of a lake the place to be?!
Got me thinking if I followed his logic then warm south westerly wind followed = fish the north/north east corner of the lake.
However cold wind normally north or north eastern then fish off the wind = fish north/north east corner.
Do we put to much into the wind especially on many smaller lakes or is the north east corner of a lake the place to be?!
In reply to Post #1
I winter I'd rather fish where the sun shines, one place I fish has an island down half of the lake, in winter the sun never gets to the north facing side of the island. Those swims become effectively redundant.
I winter I'd rather fish where the sun shines, one place I fish has an island down half of the lake, in winter the sun never gets to the north facing side of the island. Those swims become effectively redundant.
North/north easterly today, fished the back of the wind and the side with the sun on it.
Nada, nichts..fwo fish showed on the opposite bank😂
Nada, nichts..fwo fish showed on the opposite bank😂
In reply to Post #3
Where the wind was blowing, in the lee of an island there's no wind.
Where the wind was blowing, in the lee of an island there's no wind.
That's a great part of the puzzle though, isn't it?
Don't you just love the 'putting in the hours' and learning just that one little bit more, even if you've just had 48 hour blank. Not wasted because you tumbled something and best of all, for yourself!
Lakes and it's inhabitants vary hugely in their behavior. So your man pointed out 'the lee side and left quiet'. The original askee didn't favor that way. That's why the whole pastime is fantastic.
One of the earliest things I was told starting off was to look at the conditions (wind definitely a big one). Years later I was TOLD by someone who knew a lot more than most (head Bailiff). Fish here move on a new wind and take five days to get off it. ** So now as the original question was....fish into or behind the wind. You just gotta keep looking round (where they show, where they coming out) and work out what you think will be best for you and that may have to be next time.
**Thats the bit that got me thinking about it properly. Then you question nice wind SW or a biting NW and the fookers hiding under it. Next Full moons etc!!
Don't you just love the 'putting in the hours' and learning just that one little bit more, even if you've just had 48 hour blank. Not wasted because you tumbled something and best of all, for yourself!
Lakes and it's inhabitants vary hugely in their behavior. So your man pointed out 'the lee side and left quiet'. The original askee didn't favor that way. That's why the whole pastime is fantastic.
One of the earliest things I was told starting off was to look at the conditions (wind definitely a big one). Years later I was TOLD by someone who knew a lot more than most (head Bailiff). Fish here move on a new wind and take five days to get off it. ** So now as the original question was....fish into or behind the wind. You just gotta keep looking round (where they show, where they coming out) and work out what you think will be best for you and that may have to be next time.
**Thats the bit that got me thinking about it properly. Then you question nice wind SW or a biting NW and the fookers hiding under it. Next Full moons etc!!