Shell Knob 3/8

[vpk2488]

Put in at shell knob and fished 9:30-1. Caught 10, all on the ned. Pretty much all Ks in 15-20 fow. Those fish and I weren't too fond of the slick conditions, but made the best of it. Wt 52.5-54

[Ketchup]

Slick conditions? Havent heard that in weeks. The wind has blown nasty every day. I need to fish when you do because i hate the wind. 

[Bill Babler]

For past week its slick early then about noon it goes to gale force.

[vpk2488]

Yep, bout noon the breeze picked up, too bad had to go home shortly after 

[Champ188]

On 3/9/2017 at 1:43 PM, Ketchup said:

Slick conditions? Havent heard that in weeks. The wind has blown nasty every day. I need to fish when you do because i hate the wind. 

Can't be hatin' on the wind on these highland lakes. It's more than your friend.

[Ketchup]

I agree Champ, but dangit, KVD said to cast that little 1.5 into the wind, and my reels say differently. 

[Champ188]

In my opinion, distance is your most important factor on big, clear lakes like The Rock. I'd rather throw downwind with a big distance advantage than into the wind because someone says every fish down there is facing into the wind.

[vernon]

1 hour ago, Champ188 said:

In my opinion, distance is your most important factor on big, clear lakes like The Rock. I'd rather throw downwind with a big distance advantage than into the wind because someone says every fish down there is facing into the wind.

^

I guess the breeze has to generate a little bit of current but I've just always figured that the wind ain't blowin' too awfully hard ten to fifteen feet down much less beyond that.  If a big ol' craw daddy is sitting ten feet away I can't believe that a fish is gonna miss out cause he's lookin' the other direction since the winds blowin' the wrong way.

Of course anybody desperate enough to pay any attention to what I have to say about catching fish has bigger problems than just the direction of the wind!