The wind direction dose matter somewhat but a high pressure system will slow down the fish biting. The wind out of the east just go fish the west side of the lake. A far better thing to follow is the moon charts. Day in day out there far more acratic then wind direction. BUT,, the very best time to go fishing is whenever you get a chance. With todays depth/fish finders it's almost impossible not to catch some fish.

I charter fish on Lake Erie. If I didn't fish east winds at times I wouldn't fish much. I wouldn't let wind direction determine if I was going to fish or not. With that being said East wind normally not always means stronger winds and rain/snow. Which is the biggest factor on whether I fish or not with any wind direction.

When the wind blows from the east, humans think the least.

Fish still eat - change location, tactics, and presentation.

Ya woulda caught 28 if it was West! lol

A bunch of starving walleyes just coming off the spawn and the wind doesn't bother the bite so much. They close the the walleye season here for 3 months around the spawn because they are more suseptible to over harvest. I think it's bull, but I didn't make the rules.