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Yes there are several factors to consider.
Water level: a strong NW wind will drop the water level in the Marsh. Areas like MRGO are not affected per se but the marshes and Shallow bayous around it will be affected. This will concentrate fish in certain areas because they cannot exist in those areas the water has drained from. This is also a serious consideration when making routes because some areas will be non-navigable. This is most prominent in the winter but can happen any time to varying levels. This is a really important factor for juvenile redfish who spend a lot of their lives in shallow ponds.
Water clarity: If you have a wind that’s consistently out of the same direction then that shoreline will have cleaner water. For example: if you have a 15 MPH wind out of the west for 3 days and then lays down to 5 MPH, the east side of large bodies of water will have the tendency to be significantly dirtier than the west side. This means that you could have better luck on the west side finding clean water and feeding fish.
Bait: this is where I am not as strong with my knowledge because I rarely have seen this and or been able to prove this. But from what I understand: they say that wind will push bait onto one side of a body of water. So if I am fishing and the wind is coming out of the west then the east side will have bait concentrated and therefore more fish feeding on that bait. I must say that I have never really seen this applied in real life i.e: I was fishing on the Lee side with no luck and then went to the wind blown side and started whacking them but I’m sure others can chime in!
