Duck Creek.

[Haris122]

To be honest I didn't do additional research on alternatives if the wind was too bad. Thanks for the tips, I'll keep those in mind next time. I actually had it planned out to go Monday, when it was less windy, but things came up and I was left with Tuesday before I had to work again today. I guess I could've waited longer, but I was really wanting to see the place. So I just went for it. I was hoping it was somehow going to blindly work out. 45 mph, darn, I knew it was bad but not that bad. A couple times my anchor got stuck right as it got rough but I managed from tipping over. After that, anchor usage got definitely cut down. It was funny too, at one point it was like paddling on a treadmill. The wind was pushing the paddle that was out in the air as much as I was moving water with the one immersed. No progress whatsoever.

I was expecting the cypress trees to be even thicker and shielding wind more, but I still liked it a lot. Had a bit of that Louisiana feel to it that they show on TV with the flat land, the swamp and big cypress trees. Are those alive btw (do they grow leaves and such later on I mean, or are they just kind of there)?

I'm going to give it another go again sometime when the wind is barely there. Hopefully next time I get a couple nice Pickerel and/or some of those big Crappie. Does the fish bite really die down on windy days there? I'm trying to figure out what I might have done wrong to not get even one bite.