Does it effect crappie as much as people think , the simple answer in my experience is YES .
When a developed wind pattern changes on many spots I visit it has an adverse effect most of the time on patterns that are producing fish .
Now mind you there are exceptions to every rule and crappie break ALL the rules frequently so never say never .
I hit a spot yesterday I like and the wind was steady north and to be sure I have done well there in lots of different wind directions . The problem I think with yesterdays production was a wind change from a pretty heavy south most of the last month and bait movement in said winds . The bait has been really heavy all over that spot the last 2 visits ,but yesterday there wasn't much to be seen .
Do the crappie quit feeding is the next question and the answer in my experience is probably not for very long if at all and they have likely just moved to where the food went .
The good news is a north wind in the summer makes not ketchn many fish much more bearable :Rofl
I managed 5 in an hour and they were tough to ketch and none were big . And the folks there with me didn't ketch any by the time I left and I gave them my jig and told them I hope they turn on right after I leave .
I really didn't have time to explore or look anywhere else though and I have an idea of where the fish might have been on that lake . the problem for me was the smoker had a piggy in it and it was time to go get said piggy off the smoker and onto my dinner plate .
So you see wind changes even effected me as it made the smoker run just perfect to keep the temp real low for a real slow cooked oinker :cheers2
