Just because the wind is blowing east does not mean that you won't catch fish. The reason that old saying has some merit is because usually when a cold front has just moved through, the wind shifts form west to north to east and is when barometric pressure starts to rise. That is what the fish don't like. If there is another element in play causing an east wind then at those times the fishing would be fine. I fish places that are only 30 miles as the crow flies from the Atlantic Ocean and the dominant wind is east and catch crappie there all the time in an east wind but if a front comes through, stay home. But saying that, an east wind may blow water up into a creek or pull water out of a creek that you like to fish and that rise or fall of the water may move or turn the fish off. This is the tide I deal with most of the time even though my waters end up at an inlet to the ocean. We get mainly a wind tide and rising and falling water of just a foot can cut the fishing off or turn them on. I guess you could say that wind does play a factor but not like most would think. Barometric pressure is key. You want a stable barometer. If rising water turns the fish on in your area then use the winds as a tool to eliminate water and fish the water where the wind will be blowing up into creeks. If falling does the trick then fish where the wind will be sucking out water. The wind is your friend.....unless it is blowing 40 MPH !!!:D CF
The Original Woodsgoat Hater
2011 NWR Bash Yellow Perch Champion