 Wind do we put to much faith in it?
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In reply to Post #8
Quote: I tend to think this is why fish end up in the middle of lakes a lot of the time as they can be ‘on’ winds no matter what direction they are blowing.
same on my club water, they are on a new wind pretty quickly but don't neccessarily change their usual patrol routes and often show heading into the wind
However what doesn't help that, its relatively narrow..roughly 1000yds long and runs SW to NE.
They go with the wind, against the wind and sudden drop or swing will have them stop 100yds from you and turn around again.
Yesterday I was lazy and wanted to stay fairly dry so fished just off the back of the wind ( and rain) with the sun in ny face.
With sun and wind they started to show 30yds off the opposite bank but disappeared when it rained.
I was ready to move twice, just wind in, take the brolly down and the heavens opened.
It was wet enough for the exstra weight to bring down a large linb of a 60ft willow 150yds up the bank.
Near miss tbh, I'd chucked a couple of handfulls in the margin planning to give it a go on my way back round,
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In reply to Post #8
Then I guess they would move on the New wind on day 3.
As chap said in recent post. There is no rule book. Just need to try the things/conditions/decisions that have been successful before.
Great story years ago at Farlow's and the best fish in the lake was known as Mick's Fish. I always walked round if I had time to kill, a=chatting along the way.
I'd deffo not be fishing this particular weekend as bank holiday and all the rammo madness that comes with it.
Couple of latecomers go in last swim available. Behind *****etts Island in the corner of Factory and Smelly banks. Cut off from all sides.
I don't need to say anything else do I. The bloke could not believe his eyes PB by over 20lb. Gotta love that 😀
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New, Southerly or South Westerly winds are the most consistent for fish following them, IMO. Bring favourable fishing conditions too.
As with this weekend just gone, Northerlys throw me out a bit. I cannot get consistent results in them. I had the wind kinda coming at me at 45 degrees but no bites were had on my side of the pit. They came to the other bank, just off the wind but gets the majority of the sun till it sets.
I tend to think this is why fish end up in the middle of lakes a lot of the time as they can be ‘on’ winds no matter what direction they are blowing.
Interesting point on post #5 about them staying on a new wind for 5 days. What if the wind changes direction on day 3😂
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On a syndi I fished a new warm wind would literally see the fish porpoise, following the wind down the lake. Oddly, this didn't make them any more catchable at the end of that wind.
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Only fish I’ve ever seen move on ANY wind were wild ones on an unfished lake. Regardless of which direction, as long as it had a bit of a ripple on the water they would be in the margins of the windward bank. They also moved pretty instantly on a new wind.
Never seen it anywhere else, angling pressure plays a part in fish movement and behaviour. Plenty of times I’ve been on a big SW along with numerous others and the one angler who’s gone and fished the back of the wind has caught.
Pretty much you have to work out what the fish do on the lake you fish! That carp rule book? It don’t exist unless the fish are wild.
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That's a great part of the puzzle though, isn't it?
Don't you just love the 'putting in the hours' and learning just that one little bit more, even if you've just had 48 hour blank. Not wasted because you tumbled something and best of all, for yourself!
Lakes and it's inhabitants vary hugely in their behavior. So your man pointed out 'the lee side and left quiet'. The original askee didn't favor that way. That's why the whole pastime is fantastic.
One of the earliest things I was told starting off was to look at the conditions (wind definitely a big one). Years later I was TOLD by someone who knew a lot more than most (head Bailiff). Fish here move on a new wind and take five days to get off it. ** So now as the original question was....fish into or behind the wind. You just gotta keep looking round (where they show, where they coming out) and work out what you think will be best for you and that may have to be next time.
**Thats the bit that got me thinking about it properly. Then you question nice wind SW or a biting NW and the fookers hiding under it. Next Full moons etc!!
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In reply to Post #3
Where the wind was blowing, in the lee of an island there's no wind.
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North/north easterly today, fished the back of the wind and the side with the sun on it.
Nada, nichts..fwo fish showed on the opposite bank😂
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In reply to Post #1
I winter I'd rather fish where the sun shines, one place I fish has an island down half of the lake, in winter the sun never gets to the north facing side of the island. Those swims become effectively redundant.
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Chatting to a friend the other day who was saying they always fish the wind.
Got me thinking if I followed his logic then warm south westerly wind followed = fish the north/north east corner of the lake.
However cold wind normally north or north eastern then fish off the wind = fish north/north east corner.
Do we put to much into the wind especially on many smaller lakes or is the north east corner of a lake the place to be?!
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