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I know how wind affects deer movement. Does it affect crappie the same?
I know it makes boat positioning more difficult, but do crappie bite more or less depending on certain wind speeds? Deer movement lessens dramatically after the winds get to 25+ mph.
Also, most hunting winds are out of the west and not the east. Does an east wind affect crappie different than the usual west wind?
Old saying, "Wind out of the East, fish bite the least. Wind out of the West, fish bite the best!" I can't say if that' true, one way or the other. Just always heard that! Kinda like "If the cows are laying down, fishing is bad." :dono
A little wave action is normally good for all game fish..east wind I hate,,and the bite suffers some to,,IMO..It is especially good when fishing walleye to have some wave action..
Thats niot from a expert..just a fisherman.
I agree. I'd rather have just a little chop, or wave action than to have glassy still water. Just not enough to make it a pain to keep the boat positioned.
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ALOT DEPENDS ON WIND SPEED , TIME OF YEAR AND WATER DEPTH.
The old say'n is pretty good but not set in concrete.
Wind outa the South , bait falls in their mouth
Wind outa the East , fish bite the least
Wind outa the West, fish bite the best
Wind outa the North , don't go forth
Unless the wind makes fishing too diffacult , fish anytime you can go. There are exceptions to every rule. I never like a blue sky with no wind and lake like a pane of glass.nonono
I know high pressure gives most all fish lock jaw. As for the wind, I don't like an East wind, all others aren't bad. When i'm trying to fish deep I hate a lot of wind. Really I don't like any wind. Now for bass fishing I like some wind in the spring...I think when crappie are spawning it has the same effect by blowing/washing bait fish up on shore. I think this time of the year the reason wind sucks so bad is because your bait is moving too fast all the time, they want a slow moving bait this time of the year from what I've seen. Oh, well I'm still going in the morning...even though there's supposed to be some wind and and it's supposed to be out of the East. I'm still just looking for spots, once I find a few spots I know when I do catch a good day I can get on them better.
Who knows...I just fish when I can and the wind aint too strong.:rolleyes::p
Hey Fro - If your like me you are few years from retirement so we have to fish when we can. I cant wait to tell some one that they bit wednesday and thursday before the front came in. I do like a little chop on the water. If fishing in 15+ wind like lately I think the boat speed is important. I had chains and wind socks out this weekend to slow me down. Dont count ou west is best, east is least, cows laying down and if you hear a hoot owl in the middle of the day, go home.
Saw a bald eagle this morning on the water. You think that'd be a good sign...well, the fish had already shut-off by then. Lol.
They are alway a good site. It means the mosquoto has not woke up yet. HAHA My wife and I drive a many of miles in the winter looking for eagles. We love it
ALWAYs and I do Mean Always, make the wind your friend when on the water. We do this by trolling the nose of the boat into the wind, when spiderrigging or verticle jigging allowing depth/boat control and using the wind as our brakes keeping our bait in a certian spot . By throwing out drift socks or chains to slow us down with the wind or casting our bobber cross/down wind to let the wind push a jig and bobber along/across a sweet spot. The only time I say heck with my friend the wind is when it gets past 20-25 MPH then i concentrate on wind protected banks or go home. One thing to keep in mind is always check the weather and what boat ramp you want to use, If you know its going to be a windy day try to launch your boat in the most wind protected spot you can find or a spot you know the banks will be protected when you come in that afternoon. You may just save your self allot of heart problems at the end of a great fishing day. I know this isn't always possible but I will travel a little farther to launch my boat if I know the boat ramp I want to use is going to be pounded by White Caps when I come in from fishing.
Wind will always effect shallow water crappie more than deep water fish thus making our presentation even more important when fishing less than 10 feet deep.
Seems to me from my experiences that any sudden change makes a difference. I never do well on glassy water either.
Not sure about the wind , sure i like a little breeze and chop. Not so sure about the fish. Two weeks ago the shade is what killed us . We were in a private lake (close near home) and went for a couple of hrs. Bam, bam bam, we were on the crappie . Was a bluebird day , light wind and plenty of sunshine. At about 445 our little honey hole went into the shade , we went from bites nearley every cast to nothing in 5 mins !! im serious , Bam, bam was gone !! We fished another 45" and only caught 1 more fish after our spot went to shade ?? go figure ?? Ended up with 30 keepers , sorry no pics !