Thread: Hard To Beat The Elements!

The rain stopped @ 9AM today. It was calling for 11 mph winds but it seemed calm when it was already saying like 7 mph then. So....I decided what-the-heck and hitched the truck to the boat and away I go.

After a little doing I made it to the lake @ 11AM and man! Was it blowing!! Whitecaps at the ramp. Whew!! Well, I'd rode for close to an hour getting there so I wasnt backing up now. Figured I'd find a place to fish where it was out of the wind.

You guys ever tried dodging the wind? If you had luck at it then tell me what I'm missing. Going into the wind the trolling motor was on 5 setting (out of 10) to keep me around .8 mph and with the wind the trolling motor did best @ 1.5 speed with two drift socks out.

Anyway, I let it whoop me today. I fished here and there trying to find better waters to avoid the elements. I'd pick up a fish here and there. Fished for 4 hours today boating 19 fish. Yea, yea! Wasnt the worst you could do but I was hoping for a bit better. Humbling, but I know it'll get better and better. I guess the good thing is most of the fish I caught were keepers. Biggest fish today was just shy of 15". Here's a couple pics of today's trip...