Wind

[numbskull]

Wind is a pain in the a..ss and has ruined many more fishing trips than it has aided in my experience. Dead calm sucks, too.

[luds]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Wind is a pain in the a..ss and has ruined many more fishing trips than it has aided in my experience. Dead calm sucks, too.

Dead calm really sucks for the plug fisherman. I think it is that much more difficult to fool a fish at night with a plug on a calm night. I fish one or two spots that are the exception and in both places I've never caught on anything other than a 1 oz. bomber. I believe this is because the action of the plug has to be much more suttle. I big surface plug on or near the surface is going to spook a fish on glass calm water more than it will attract. Well that is my belief anyway. I guess a needlefish on the surface has done ok too on a couple occasions. If it's dead calm more often than not I'm going to eels.

I would be curious to see some opinions on how some make decisions based on wind as far as where to go. East facing beach on what wind etc? Nothing is set in stone but some some general rules to start from would be helpful. This is probably the piece of fishing I struggle with the most.

[emgred]

Originally Posted by luds

I would be curious to see some opinions on how some make decisions based on wind as far as where to go. East facing beach on what wind etc? Nothing is set in stone but some some general rules to start from would be helpful. This is probably the piece of fishing I struggle with the most.

Luds
I very well could be wrong, but I really think that depends on where and when you are fishing. IE: Big difference on where I will target if the wind is NE and it's May as opposed to NE in October.
Wind against tide; new moon or quarter moon...
How much wind? Where I fish, a south wind and a south facing beach would be fine IF the wind is, say, less than ten knots.
Another area I fish I hate a NW wind in my face, but a spot not very far from there really works with a NW in my face.
What I'm trying to say is that wind direction is almost (to me at least) as important as tide. If I've picked a tide to target, the wind will dictate where I'm headed and that will vary based on time of year etc, etc. Or the wind might help to decide what tide - high flood might become high ebb on a different wind. Then it gets logged and added to the info used to decide where I'm going next week or month or year.