Treasure Coast Tackle: The Wind Is Your Friend

A lot of people let the wind control their fishing plans. At Treasure Coast Tackle, we have caught some great fish in the windiest conditions! We are all too familiar with the wind being the deciding factor as far as if we can take the boat out or not. While our boat is extremely stable, heavy chop because of the wind can make getting into position and making an accurate presentation nearly impossible. We had to think outside of the box. We love to fish and were determined to find a way around the wind. That's where wading comes in; if you don't mind walking to find the fish (we have walked up to 4 miles to find them) this can be one of the most rewarding ways to fish!

If you decide to take the boat out and battle the strong winds, the constant running of the trolling motor will spook the fish that are in shallow water and anchoring limits where you can present your lure. It sometimes takes multiple casts on different angles to get the fish to bite. In our experience, when you fish a windy shoreline, the size of the fish will also be bigger! We recently found this scenario playing out on the Indian River; we had three days of north winds blowing 15-20 mph. We found big snook laying in the shallow, murky water under docks. With the strong wind, the snook were just sitting waiting for bait to be blown under the dock for an easy meal! We fed them the Unfair Lures Mullet and Rip-N-Slash instead. Best of all, the "bad" weather meant we had the river to ourselves! I believe if we would have had beautiful, picture perfect weather, we would have never found those fish. It was the most challenging, yet rewarding fishing we have had in quite awhile.