How Do You Fish Beaver With Gusting Winds?

[J-Doc]

My boat is an older boat and small so fishing choppy water when the wind is howling at 15-25mph makes a lot of work with the trolling motor. I have a 65lb thrust 24V on a 15ft glass boat and it's still working hard on windy days.

So considering the recent high water, the bass should go shallow but with the wind beating the banks, what would you throw, where, and why? I'm thinking mouths of large coves, main lake points, main lake/river flats near channel swings.

I'm not a tournament angler. Just a weekend joy fisherman. I love to catch a few and release all of them. I just want to learn more about Beaver and figure out how to catch them when the wind is beating me up. Otherwise, it's just not fun and too much work.

Here's what I've heard about wind:

- wind stirs up baitfish and typically pushes them up on points

- wind also creates chop, which allows less light penetration

- wind also creates noise so the loud trolling motor is not as big of a factor as one would think

- You can fish baits like crankbaits, rattle-traps, spinnerbaits, and spooks faster than you typically do

Am I on the right track?

I typically have a hard time locating fish on the graph much less catching any when the wind is blowing hard. I'm going to give it a try late tomorrow afternoon because the wind will die down some and the topwater bite should pick up before dark.

Thanks all!