Rich Stern
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I fished Lake Lanier in pretty heavy winds yesterday morning. It made for a wild ride in the boat on the main body of the lake with 3' swells coming in short frequency.
The really tough part was wind playing havoc with my fishing. I stuck with spinning reels to avoid backlashes, but often there was so much bow in my line, I couldn't tell what was going on with my lure. I could only get bites on a finesse worm. When the wind was doing it's thing, I had almost zero chance of detecting a bite unless the fish pulled the line far enough away to put pressure on the rod.
It was gusting and shifting direction quite a bit, so even when I tried to get the wind at my back, I was only able to make a couple of casts before needing to chase the wind again.
Any tips "from the pros" for these circumstances?
The really tough part was wind playing havoc with my fishing. I stuck with spinning reels to avoid backlashes, but often there was so much bow in my line, I couldn't tell what was going on with my lure. I could only get bites on a finesse worm. When the wind was doing it's thing, I had almost zero chance of detecting a bite unless the fish pulled the line far enough away to put pressure on the rod.
It was gusting and shifting direction quite a bit, so even when I tried to get the wind at my back, I was only able to make a couple of casts before needing to chase the wind again.
Any tips "from the pros" for these circumstances?