Went out an hour after dead low yesterday and fishing for 3 hours, wind was pretty strong but did manage two keeper trout. One of them was 19", all both caught on MM on a carolina rig. I plan on getting out there again this week sometime when the wind isn’t so bad. Also thinking about taking all of the braided line off of my reels and going back to mono, whenever it is windy, my braided line is all over the place.
02’ Seapro 17’CC w/ 90 yamaha 2stroke
Braid can be a bit of a pain in windy weather. I find that wetting it with water from my drinking water helps out a lot, especially during the first few casts.
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With Spider wire Ultra Cast or Finns braid and shimano reels your headache and wind knots will go away…
Thanks for the advice RedfishMatt, and Baitcrank. I think I’m going to switch back to mono on my live bait setups, and leave the braid on my artificial setups. I will def check out the spider wire ultra cast braid.
02’ Seapro 17’CC w/ 90 yamaha 2stroke
What I do almost every cast and especially on breezy days is palm the spool just before the lure is about to hit the water. This results in more of a straight line between me and lure and less of a bow. Fished all day Saturday with no wind knots…taught the 2 beginners I had with me the same technique and didn’t have to untangle another nest all day…seems to work for me at least…I use 100% powerpro from 20-30#.
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Cool idea tennis pro I’m gonna try that!!
Flip the bail over with your hand as opposed to turning the reel handle to close the bail. Flipping the bail over with the reel handle tends to throw loops into the spool.
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I’ve been fishing braid for years and yes the wind is a problem and I give up if I can’t get a sheltered spot but the chance of see the fish with mono compared to braid ??? I’ll stick with my 6lb braid and too I fish a lot of trees and rough bottoms in bushy park (upper cooper) and I prefer to see the fish even if they straighten the hooks or I pull the hooks
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