My Goodness, What A Windy Day

[rps]

I had scheduled a plumber for this morning, so I did not reach the marina until 11:15. Que the big wind machines.

I headed way up river to hunt whites and walleyes. I also hoped to minimize the effect of the wind. Ha. Ha. Ha. All I did was arrange to fish wind tunnels. No matter what direction the river ran, the wind made a tunnel. At one point, I had the fluke on a 1/16 head land beside me. That was not the "funniest" moment. At another moment I had the rod in one hand with a bait sinking into a snag, the trolling motor fob in the other trying to keep the boat from ramming a pole timber, and the wind blew my OFA hat into the lake. I got the hat back, but lost the jig.

In five hours I caught 6 small fish - white bass and black bass. I also relearned a bitter truth - I live on a lake. That means I don't have to humiliate myself in tough conditions.

[powerdive]

Feels good when you "earn" one, though. Kudos to you for toughing it out, rps.

[getfished]

Ha, that's funny there. I got out Monday about the same time up here on a small lake. It didn't matter. The wind was horrible and the wife quickly became nauseated. She is going to fish with me this year so I quickly got back on the trailer before she reconsidered. It was still fun and I caught two small bass in one hour on the LC stick.

[wily]

what kind of a jig head are using with your fluke?? how big is the hook??

[rps]

I bought tender tube jig heads (about number 2 hooks) for the flukes and trimmed them to fit.