Fishing on windy days can be
heaps of excitement, particularly if you take the kids with you. The ocean
swells keep you from taking the boat offshore, and the wind-swept beaches take
die-hard like eagerness to be worth the effort. In addition, your chances of
catching anything out there will be slender. So, where do you go when it is
windy? Every place has a protected body of water you can fish in, whether it is
a rock wall, a bay that bends around to block the wind or a river, they have
all got fish and they are all fun to catch!
At times it is just not a good
day to fish. That is a natural occurrence when you do fishing. You do not have
a choice if you want to contend. Here are a few techniques and tips that may
just save the day when the wind is gusting, howling, blowing or white-capping.
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Find a Protected Spot – Common sense must state
when it is safe to fish; the wind is something you should not be frightened of.
High wind causes fish to become less eerie. You should always have a few backup
spots just in case the wind ascends. The spots can be in a stream, behind a
point, in a cove, or in and about boat docks.
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Use Top Quality Poles –The long poles tend to
bow in high wind. With the best poles you can add over an ounce of weight and
it not affects the pole tip. The heavy weight creates a shock absorber enabling
your baits to remain rather still.
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Drift Socks – They will place the brakes on your
boat. This works in open water perfectly; it does not work in stump fields. You
will need at least two to hold your boat in high wind.
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Power Poles with Drift Paddles – While this is
not an inexpensive way of controlling your boat this is by far the most efficient
and convenient way to control your drift. Drift Paddles permit you to control
your drift in deeper water. You angle of drift can be controlled by making
adjustments to the paddle angle. All this can be done with the touch of a
button. The paddles permit you to follow the contours of the shorelines better
than log chains or drift socks. They can be prohibited by a smart phone app
from any place in the boat.
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Add additional load to the Front – If you fish
on windy days you are going to come across windy situations. If you reduce the
front of your boat it catches less wind. You can place sand bags to the front
storage box on the boat. This lowers the front end of the boat enabling it to
catch less wind.
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Set up an Automatic Bilge Pump – Frequently when
you try to get rid of one problem you create another. When you organize any of
the above mentioned techniques to sluggish your troll you cause waves to come
in the back of the boat.
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