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Easterly breezes do the exact opposite of sw they blow the gulf stream closer to the beach pushing warm surface water in.This is when you want to look for spanish,kings,mahi, and cobes.The cobes and spanish will be right near the beach just outside the breakers usually in 20 feet or less of water.The kings and mahi can be as close as 5 to 8 miles but 10 to 12 is more likely. Any tidelines and or temp breaks outside of 5 miles is a good place to start.Wrecks and humps(bottom depth changes) are good places to look.#1 they create an adverse current...#2 they attract baitfish looking for shelter from the predators....#3 lots of big lazy fish like either the shade or the slower current behind them....#4 they may just start or be on the edge of a temperature stage...
One thing to remeber though is a little east wind makes the ocean snotty and it can be miserable quick.Prolonged or forcasted wind from the east can be very dangerous if you dont pay close attention....I have been out of OI at 36 miles per hour and came back in at less then 9 miles per hour...It went from slick calm with a glassy appearance to 13 footers by the time we got back in.....
So in the spring a light or moderate NE wind will warm and clean up the water...So if you get a hard SW and then a light NE wind you get a really hard edge.Bingo spring time action....All the little fellas like menhaden,threadfins,spot and croakers suddenly have no place to hide so the blues who were searching in the dirty water now have unobsturcted maylays..As well as the amberjacks,jack crevelle,cobia and the king macs(usually larger when this happens)
Now when it continues to blow the surf pounds the beach and you get dirty water again making it easier for the little guys to hide and move up to the next inlet, but as it begins to change the litttle guys go scrambling inside the inlets for shelter...
So inside is good wether the wind blows hard from either direction.Finding the tide change and the right wind so that the current is moving but is not pumping like mad....Outside is good for bottom dwellers but just not fishable at all on stiff northeasterly breezes...Flounder tend to bite better at OI when the water is a little cleaner....but can be caught at anytime.....
Drum are liable to show at anytime the water is dirty or the wind is blowing or the waves are big.....sw being better in the spring and Ne being better in the fall.....
I hope this helps a little.......
One thing to remeber though is a little east wind makes the ocean snotty and it can be miserable quick.Prolonged or forcasted wind from the east can be very dangerous if you dont pay close attention....I have been out of OI at 36 miles per hour and came back in at less then 9 miles per hour...It went from slick calm with a glassy appearance to 13 footers by the time we got back in.....
So in the spring a light or moderate NE wind will warm and clean up the water...So if you get a hard SW and then a light NE wind you get a really hard edge.Bingo spring time action....All the little fellas like menhaden,threadfins,spot and croakers suddenly have no place to hide so the blues who were searching in the dirty water now have unobsturcted maylays..As well as the amberjacks,jack crevelle,cobia and the king macs(usually larger when this happens)
Now when it continues to blow the surf pounds the beach and you get dirty water again making it easier for the little guys to hide and move up to the next inlet, but as it begins to change the litttle guys go scrambling inside the inlets for shelter...
So inside is good wether the wind blows hard from either direction.Finding the tide change and the right wind so that the current is moving but is not pumping like mad....Outside is good for bottom dwellers but just not fishable at all on stiff northeasterly breezes...Flounder tend to bite better at OI when the water is a little cleaner....but can be caught at anytime.....
Drum are liable to show at anytime the water is dirty or the wind is blowing or the waves are big.....sw being better in the spring and Ne being better in the fall.....
I hope this helps a little.......