Since the boards are dead … here’s a report … I’ll try not to make it an epistle …
Fished on Sunday (7am to 4pm) in the Little Saluda/Barstow/Big Man’s areas … It was very (very) windy, but we were able to find a few fishable spots … Slow methodical day with several hectic moments of catching fish and untangling windblown lines …
We ended up with 9 total for the day, but lost two at the boat - one just pulled the hook right as we were getting ready to net it and the second wrapped my big motor and broke off when I tried to net it at the motor …
One of the fish we caught didn’t look right … had patches of scales that looked scraped and had slime patches on them … it was a skinny 25" fish so that one was released …
We did keep a few because … well … because we like fish tacos … LOL … the rest were released …
We had a mixture of Bait … I had three dozen (more like 4+ but not like I’m complaining) really decent (and good sized) Herring from JC’s and I had three dozen (again, more like 4, but still not complaining) Shad from Chip …
Those that know me also know that I really don’t comment much on the bait quality … but I have to say that the bait in both cases was exceptional … and I’m not just saying that to push the shops …
That all being said, we pulled a mixed spread with 12 rods with Shad and Herring on alternate rods in equal positions … FOR US (other will have different results I’m sure) the Striper paid more attention to the Herring than the Shad … and the Striper preferred un-weighted freelines … such that by the end of the day we were no longer running any split shots …
The depth ranges were all over the map as well … We fished everything from less than 5’ to 30-35 feet and had catches across all water levels …
None of the fish we caught were short … all fish were between 23 - 27 inches … All in all it was a good day … if we could have fished longer (had to get back to the house to watch the Seahawks decimate the Eagl
But your reason for not having any this time is completely understood. I HATE windy day fishing. Breezy: OK. Windy: HATE IT! I’d rather watch football, build something, or just about anything else but fish. I seem to work twice as hard, and speaking from my experiences, I seem to catch half as much. Maybe because I’m focused on how much work it is and how miserable I am. 
You’re getting better.