If it’d been cloudy today , I would have stayed home . My wife suggested I go ahead and if it got too bad I could always come home .
I managed to catch three small gills and a small bass in about 1 1/2 hours.
It was fishing with frustration. Wind was 15 gusting to 30+ . Temps , upper 40’s into low 50’s before I left .
Several times , I tried to time the gusts only to have my jig hit a wall and my line would blow back around me .
I tried the dam area first , on the filtered shaded bank and caught the little bass .
After about thirty minutes of being pounded by the wind , I walked to the sunny side , hoping to have the wind to my back . Most of the time it was blowing in from an angle . I thought a float might help and was able to get longer casts and caught a small bluegill. At least it was warmer in the sun .
The last fifteen minutes or so I walked back over to the dam side and fish a corner shallow flat and caught two more gills .
Wished I’d had more time to fish that flat .
Combo today was a 5’ St Croix Avid ULF ,paired with a Shimano Soare XR500sspg and 2# Floroclear. Probably my lightest combo and my most expensive one . A fun combo to fish jigs with .
Forecast tomorrow is calling for less wind but cooler temps and sun .
May have to give that flat another try . The weather is predicted to get worse the next 10 days .
