Now that I live in Oklahoma and am seeking a different quarry, I was revisiting some old fly fishing magazines looking for Bass and bluegill articles.
I read in there that said to be sure to fish the downwind side of the pond since that’s where all the food get’s washed up to.
I had 40 minutes to sneak away so I ran down to the pond to try it out.
WOO-WEE! I only wish I had my camera - 7 bass (the largest went around 2-3 lbs) and I don’t know how many bluegill and green sunfish. And they were all there in shallow water where the wind had blown all the “stuff” from the lake to.
My favorite spring has some pretty prolific Mayfly hatches and on some days, when it’s overcast and a bit breezy, the wind blows upstream and stacks those bugs along the upwind shoreline where the big fish come out and gorge themselves. Timing truly is everything in those cases.
Here is the gunk that I cast into…yes, that’s an overturned rowboat and canoe. They used to be on dry ground - but you can see where the water is spilling out over the back of the dam…
