Every angler knows the feeling. You check the forecast the night before, see the wind warning, and start talking yourself out of going. A stiff southeast, a cold winter blows off the coast — conditions that make float fishing impossible and light lure fishing nearly pointless. You either fish heavy and lose the sensitivity, or you pack up and go home.
MiBuoy was built exactly these days.
What Wind Does to Conventional Fishing
The problem with wind isn’t just the cast — it’s everything that follows. A float becomes uncontrollable the moment there’s any real breeze. Light lures get pushed off course before they even hit the water. Small live baits and delicate presentations like bread flake or a slither of squid become virtually unfishable without adding enough weight to cast into the wind, which kills the very presentation you were trying to achieve in the first place.
The result is that most anglers either go home or compromise. Neither is a great option.
How MiBuoy Changes the Equation
MiBuoy sits just below the surface with only the top showing above the water. The wind has very little to work with. Even in a strong headwind you can walk a small bait or lure out 25 metres or more — no casting, no weight needed, and no fighting the conditions with every retrieve.
That means on the days when everyone else is packing up, you’re still fishing. And you’re fishing light, which is exactly how you want to be fishing.
The Mullet Secret
One of my favourite things to do on a windy day is target mullet with MiBuoy. Mullet school up visibly on the surface and they’re notoriously difficult to catch — small mouths, delicate biters, easily spooked. In the wind, most people don’t even bother trying.
With MiBuoy, I’ll start slightly downstream from where I can see the school, and slowly walk the bait up through them. A 2.5 metre fluorocarbon leader, around 6 to 8lb, with a small hook and either a tiny fly or a pinch of bread flake behind the unit. No weight. No splash. No hard cast to scatter the school.
Here’s the thing about wind and mullet — that ripple on the water actually works in your favour. The fish are less spooky under a broken surface, and the slight movement on your bait looks completely natural. Conditions that seem like a problem often turn out to be an advantage.
The Last Angler Standing
There’s something deeply satisfying about being the only person still fishing when the wind picks up and everyone else calls it a day. MiBuoy doesn’t make hard conditions easy exactly — but it makes them fishable. And often, the fish are more active in those conditions than on a flat calm day.
So next time the forecast looks rough, don’t write it off. Grab your MiBuoy, scale down your leader, and go find the fish. They’re still out there..
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