Looking for some comments on the following situation I had today. I was fishing the keys on clear lake and the wind started to come up pretty strong. I was throwing senko's along the docks when I noticed nearly all the action was coming from the side that provided some protection from the wind. I have always heard and read that it should be the other way around, the wind will tend to blow more baitfish around, so fish the windy side. Any input?
Josh

I don't know if this applies to your neck of the woods, but sometimes at this local, small lake, the bass will get on the leeward sides of things for protection from the wind. Sometimes they just don't like all that ripple on the water. If there's no bait being blown onto the structure, there's no reason for the bass to be on the windward side, so they probably prefer to take shelter. If bait is present however, then they'll probably want to position themselves to eat it. I'd imagine in the keys there's not as much bait as there is on the main lake structure, to be blow around, so the bass probably had no reason to position themselves to catch bait. Another thing that could've happened with the wind on the docks is that maybe the fish could just see your senko better on the leeward side than on the windward side. Maybe they couldn't quite identify it as "food" with all the ripple and light defraction and what not, but once they got a clean look at it out of the wind, they liked what they saw. Just my $.01.
-Brian

In the fall when the bass are in open water chasing schoold of baitfish, they will be in the wind because that is where the baitfish get blown, but when you are talking about cover, the bass will stay on the side of the cover that provides protection from the current/wind. This way they expend less energy, and if a meal drifts by because of wind or water current, they are in a position where they can ambush prey more easily.
C-ya
Charlie

heres what i think may be the case. the wind was blowing the opposite way you were facing. so the bass may have been on the other side ( the side you were on)waiting to ambush the baitfish that were gettin blown under the docks an right into there faces. my 2 cents. ~Angler Andy