10/17/08 Trying to hit the weather window today we instead got hit by the weather in the form of wind. We pushed off from the dock in a steady 20knt wind from the north and the bay was almost to wedding cake status with white caps, so we ran deep into the back country to seek protection. We started off on topwater and after about 20 minutes we saw our 1st target which looked to be a solid 32"+ Bass stemming and boiling in a deep pothole. This was a tough cast to be accurate with the stiff cross wind, so we got up close and personal to take the shot. My client threw a great cast, the lure swung perfectly into the Bass's view and up he came for the take. With a big boil he missed our offering and away he went. We fished a few different methods in this area which provided us a handful of very fickle strikes but no hookups. With the tide pushing very hard and rising quick we headed to try our luck with finding some bass maybe tailing in the grass. We rolled into fresh area and no sooner did we pull onto the flat and I could see our quarry slapping bait with its tail deep in the weeds. We got into position and a few casts later we had our Bass on and a second later he was off not to be seen again. We worked the area for about another 1/2 hour with no more sightings other than small bluefish crashing bait. With the winds now a steady 25 knts and the end of the trip growing near, we ran to a code red spot which would be a wind at our back staked out position and let the Bass come to us instead of us finding them (an old Florida keys tarpon trick). Only after a few casts my plan was coming together with a few good strikes by the passing Bass and after 10 minutes or so we had our 1st official bass hooked up and peeling off line and after a great fight he had this 31" migrator boat side. We got back into position and repeated the process for the next hour picking up 4 more Bass and about the same amount in strikes. Our perseverance paid off, a nice way to finish the trip.