down here in the SW GOM its tough to fish in 15-20 knots. Seas usually run 4-6 ft. and keeping baits in the water and pulling straight can be really difficult. The little chicken Dodo's are always a good fall back because we can almost always coax a few out from under weed patches or flotsam. Now that I've got old and "give out" I won't usually venture offshore in anything bigger than 2-3 ft. I've got it pretty easy though, all I do is run the boat while the young-uns do all the work. Fried Mahi makes excellent fish tacos!