Freshwater bass anglers have long known the effectiveness of fishing windward points. The same holds true in many saltwater scenarios.
When strong winds blow algae and other microscopic plant life across the surface of a body of water, baitfish follow their food just like the predators follow the baitfish. Combine this effect with woody structure, and the result can be dynamite fishing. Stripers, redfish and speckled trout set up for this wind tide around that structure just like they do for a lunar tide closer to the ocean.
“The pattern for today was definitely fishing on the windward sides of points and structure,” said guide Ashley King of one July trip. “The lee sides were more comfortable, but the fish weren’t there.”
When possible, King doesn’t anchor on one spot. He stays on the trolling motor until a fish is caught or its presence detected, then he anchors and works that school.
Finding those fish is one thing, but staying on them is another.
“We couldn’t have a day this good without the Power Pole; 20-knot winds wouldn’t make it budge,” said King.
Anchoring your boat and making a second cast to a fish that just swirled behind your bait — without taking your eyes off of it — is priceless.
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