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Post by fatcat on May 27, 2011 5:11:54 GMT -5
Smoothkip and i have been fishing a local lake and we have noticed that the only time that we have any real luck is when the wind is blowing and the lake is real choppy. on a calm night we may only have one or two hits and on a windy night we slay them. Does anyone else have the same problem?
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Post by Smoothkip on May 27, 2011 5:25:56 GMT -5
At first I thought it was just a luck thing but 3 years now its been the same thing. If the water is still we don't have any luck but as soon as we have some wind we hammer them.
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Post by Seanstone on May 27, 2011 9:32:02 GMT -5
I have noticed that most fish prefer to feed in choppy water, its just harder to catch them. I bass fished a lake on time and the waves were crashing hard on the rip rap wall of the dam, white caps and all. The bass and crappie were suspended in about 8 feet of water feeding on the shad that were crushed against the rip rap of the dam. I imagine if i was in a boat and I could dropshot some cut shad, that I could have caught channels cats as well.
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Post by katfish on May 27, 2011 10:35:42 GMT -5
It could be that on a small body of water the fish sense you are there unless there is choppy water to mask your presence.
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Post by starcraft36 on Jun 2, 2011 13:51:10 GMT -5
Maybe the wind stirs up the lake a little, which gets the baitfish moving, which gets the big fish moving.
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Post by Seanstone on Jun 4, 2011 12:43:17 GMT -5
I believe that keeping a quiet base camp is a must, but I believe that there might be more to the wind than just masking ones presence. I have noticed that wind blown points seem to be a noted as a hot spot in many catfish magazines and publishing's. The authors believe that the plankton is blown to these points where bait fish begin to feed on it. And this in turn attracts the predators.
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Jun 4, 2011 19:30:54 GMT -5
I believe that keeping a quiet base camp is a must, but I believe that there might be more to the wind than just masking ones presence. I have noticed that wind blown points seem to be a noted as a hot spot in many catfish magazines and publishing's. The authors believe that the plankton is blown to these points where bait fish begin to feed on it. And this in turn attracts the predators. I will have to try this this year and see how it holds true? sounds good though |
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Post by rockbass on Jun 5, 2011 9:11:52 GMT -5
Maybe the wind stirs up the lake a little, which gets the baitfish moving, which gets the big fish moving. EXACTLY. When crappie fishing on calm days, sometimes shaking a downed tree will get the fish biting better. Why? Simply because you knock loose some of the junk the minnies feed on....which starts a chain reaction. The wind will cause a similar reaction too. always been what I've read and have noticed. Choppy water make s a diff for me for channel cattin for sure |
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Post by katfish on Jun 5, 2011 21:58:35 GMT -5
I once wrote an article about lateral line detection.
It may be possible that predators (which cast a larger vibration presence) understand they have a bit of advantage when there is wind or rain on the water surface to mask their vibrations.
I also noted that since most preyfish are dependent on sight for evasion that the predators know their detection would be less in cloudy/muddy water.
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