Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > Windy Conditions
| Codester | July 18th, 2008, 10:45 am | |
| Eastern Sierra Posts: 2 | I was hoping you guys could explain to me what the fish do when the wind really picks up. From my experience, the fishing tends to really slow down on lakes when the wind picks up. I have read different articles that explain that it may actually turn the fish on and bring them to the surface because the waves make the water more oxygenated. I also have read that the fish tend to collect on the downwind side of the lake because all of the bugs get blown into the water, then washed downwind. I have tried fishing in these conditions numerous times and it seems to really shut down when there's wind. As soon as the wind dies down, normally the bite is back on. There has only been one experience in a backcountry lake where I was catching bigger (golden) trout because of the increased wind. Can anyone confirm/ or explain better what the fish are doing in windy conditions? | |
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| Trtklr | August 7th, 2008, 5:17 pm | |
| DeWitt, Michigan Posts: 41 | I have always fished the windward(the side the waves are crashing on) side of lakes. I was told that it possibly disrupts the minnows. I haven't really noticed a difference in catch rates. I would think the method you are fishing could affect your outcome. In lakes I used to fish the banjo minnow and the way I fished it I needed to be either anchored well down or in very calm conditions to make it work for me. | |
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| Wbranch | August 7th, 2008, 5:28 pm | |
| Starlight PA Posts: 298 | I have zero experience with trout in lakes but I can tell you that whenever the wind blows on the rivers that I fish the trout just stop rising. Now I don't mean a little breeze, but if you can see the surface of the water is ruffled the rises stop right away. I don't think the trout can see the insects when the water is ruffled. | |
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| Troutnut | August 8th, 2008, 12:59 am | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1144 | As an ecologist-in-training, I've learned that trout spend most of their time on windy days laughing at my attempts to cast. | |
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| RleeP | August 8th, 2008, 11:38 am | |
| Posts: 76 | Here in the Midwest, the reason the wind blows like a fury on the meadow spring creeks is that Nature abhors a vacuum and there has to be a compensatory annoyance to make up for the lack of trees to lose your flies in.. | |
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