How hard does the wind have to blow to keep you from going to the lake?

[crappie josh]

I like the calm stuff the kinda day that there is just a little breeze and but if it's blowing over about 20 I just assume to stay home


Josh

[Uncle BS]

20 mph seems to be about the max. I fishd a cusa tourn 5 or 6 yrs ago and it got up to 45 mph. That was very stupid in hind sight, waves were 3-4 ft on Weiss Lake and we almost sunk the boat ! Won't ever do that agian !

[Drum_Master]

I hate to fish in the wind, unless I'm catching a bunch then it's not so bad! I'll fish in the back of a creek or protected cove if it's going to be windy, and plan my trip to go early (before the wind get up) or late (after it lays down before dark). The wind kept alot of people off the lake here this weekend with 25mph sustained winds. I went late sat and sund and got 33 keepers in 4 hrs of fishing. The wind blew 25 - 35 on the best day I had sauger fishing this year. We hid behind a bend in the river, and it wasn't too bad.

[duckhunter]

10-15 is pretty bad on our lakes, grenada, sardis, etc..............over that,its downright miserable to fish in.

[Bronson]

At times I like a good wind. There is rarely any competition. I just put the nose of the boat into the wind and cast low and as far as I can throw and try to bring it back right above the cover. Seems like the wind helps position them and put them in a feeding mood.

[PIGINTHEPIGPEN]

10 years ago, I would fish in wind up to 40mph. 5 years ago, I would fish in wind up to 30mph. Now, if the wind is over 20mph. I just keep the boat in the garage.

[spiderkayaker]

i fished jordan lake, nc last tuesday in 20mph sustained winds with gusts up to 38mph, according to the weather channel.

i just set up up wind and threw out the oversized drift sock. managed to troll a steady .8-1.2 mph with just a slight boost from the troller to keep us straight.

after finishing a drift, i pulled everything in, fired up the big motor, and ran back "upstream"

[TORTIS]

i fished jordan lake, nc last tuesday in 20mph sustained winds with gusts up to 38mph, according to the weather channel.

i just set up up wind and threw out the oversized drift sock. managed to troll a steady .8-1.2 mph with just a slight boost from the troller to keep us straight.

after finishing a drift, i pulled everything in, fired up the big motor, and ran back "upstream"

Never thought about a sock.

[brushnjigs]

Do tornado's count?? I have fished 3 bass events when a tornado came thru with in 1/2 mile of me. Hail hurts.... Any other time, anything past 25 just makes it work and a day full of aggravation

[GrumpyLoomis]

Just remember if your useing a sock you need to be in open water and know where you are headed. We fished a guy and his with out of Talquin a few years ago when they hung the sock up in tree tops. They had on life jackets and everyone just get wet. When you go to pull that sock loose from a snag it really puts the front of the boat in position to catch the next wave. Other than that I think drift socks are great in wind to about 25mph, then bounce(waves) takes over and you still have to get the sock out of the water at some point.