03-08-2010, 10:15 PM
Only place where I've ever dependably had a "free" ride is at the saltwater flats, using the tides. Let the low tides drag you into the channels and down a ways, the let the high tides bring you back. Of course it has to match the amount of time you want to be out. Fighting tides even with a troll motor is a loosing proposition in my area, better to wait it out on shore instead of using the motor and exhausting the battery.
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[quote TubeDude]"I would be flying and 9 times out of 10, .....the wrong direction."
[cool][#0000ff]Murphy (Murphy's Law) was probably a fisherman. Might have even been a tuber or tooner. His law, adapted to our sport, might go: "The wind is always blowing in exactly the opposite direction you want it to blow."[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Maybe he was a weatherman. I have noticed that whenever I plan a trip based on projected wind direction and wind speed it is almost always just exactly the opposite when I show up for the fishing.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]I can't begin to remember all the days when I kicked into the wind to get to a favorite fishing spot and then had to kick back into the wind to get back to my vehicle after the wind changed. It could have been just the opposite...free ride both directions...but NOOOOOO. That would not be normal...whatever normal is.[/#0000ff][/quote]
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[quote TubeDude]"I would be flying and 9 times out of 10, .....the wrong direction."
[cool][#0000ff]Murphy (Murphy's Law) was probably a fisherman. Might have even been a tuber or tooner. His law, adapted to our sport, might go: "The wind is always blowing in exactly the opposite direction you want it to blow."[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Maybe he was a weatherman. I have noticed that whenever I plan a trip based on projected wind direction and wind speed it is almost always just exactly the opposite when I show up for the fishing.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]I can't begin to remember all the days when I kicked into the wind to get to a favorite fishing spot and then had to kick back into the wind to get back to my vehicle after the wind changed. It could have been just the opposite...free ride both directions...but NOOOOOO. That would not be normal...whatever normal is.[/#0000ff][/quote]
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