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#16715 - 02-07-2010 02:57 PM
Wind blown Shad?
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World Record Bass
Registered: 04-06-2002
Posts: 1560
Loc: Muscatine, IA
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Just wondering how many of you feel that shad can be "blown" into points and banks by the wind. Everyone says fish the windy banks, because shad get blown there by the wind. Do you buy that theory? My thoughts later. Johnnie
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#16716 - 02-07-2010 03:10 PM
Re: Wind blown Shad?
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State Record Bass
Registered: 01-09-2002
Posts: 305
Loc: antioch il.
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Think the theory is most likely related to plankton being pushed. The leads to small minnows following forage and so on.... Will admit the effect is definitive when it comes to great lakes Smallmouth, the bite is awesome when the wind is howling.
Butch
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#16720 - 02-07-2010 08:38 PM
Re: Wind blown Shad?
[Re: bassin butch]
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State Record Bass
Registered: 09-12-2009
Posts: 284
Loc: Santa Clarita, CA
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Think the theory is most likely related to plankton being pushed. The leads to small minnows following forage and so on.... Will admit the effect is definitive when it comes to great lakes Smallmouth, the bite is awesome when the wind is howling.
Butch
I agree with this. I hate the wind, lol.
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#16728 - 02-08-2010 11:00 AM
Re: Wind blown Shad?
[Re: Fire Ball]
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World Record Bass
Registered: 11-29-2001
Posts: 575
Loc: Granbury, TX
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Yep I have to agree too. The wind beating on the banks gets the food chain going. Water gets stirred up, minnows and crawdads start moving around, plankton gets blown in and shad move in and then the preditors!!
I don't like fishing in the wind but I do love the results of toughing it out!
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#16737 - 02-09-2010 12:27 AM
Re: Wind blown Shad?
[Re: mofish]
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World Record Bass
Registered: 04-06-2002
Posts: 1560
Loc: Muscatine, IA
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I think you guys have it right. I can't see shad being blown to the banks and not able to get away. They are there to feed-simple enough. I still read where some pro's say, yeah, the wind had the shad pinned and we cleaned house. Give me a break!. JC
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#16759 - 02-12-2010 04:28 AM
Re: Wind blown Shad?
[Re: alycat]
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World Record Bass
Registered: 04-06-2002
Posts: 1560
Loc: Muscatine, IA
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I love those mud lines, have won tournaments crankin' where the dirty water and clean water meet. The bass lie just inside the muddy water looking out, when they see a bait fish, it's all over. Also like to fish carp boils, where lots of carp have muddied the shallows, bass often wait ther for bait fish as well.
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#16776 - 02-16-2010 03:33 PM
Re: Wind blown Shad?
[Re: alycat]
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World Record Bass
Registered: 04-06-2002
Posts: 1560
Loc: Muscatine, IA
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Shad are often attracted to boat ramps for the same reasons. The prop wash stirs up the sediment attracting minnows, crawfish and shad. The bass move in for the kill, even while boats are being loaded and unloaded.
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