Lure fishing in rough weather

[Teegerstk]

So I've only gone out fishing once this year until today, where I hit up a rock mark on the Hook Peninsula to fish some soft plastics for pollack.
It was a sporadic decision so I didn't know what conditions were like until I arrived. There was a bit of swell with waves up to 4ft at times with a SW breeze.
I tried all sorts of retrievals and lures to no avail on the flood.
I'm looking to go out again soon but just wanted to know if the conditions made a difference? Normally that's a favorable wind for bait fishing around here but it seemed like it was too rough (especially in close) for my lures.
Was it just a standard blank or do rough conditions have an effect on lure visibility etc?

Thanks!

[MartinC]

Pollock can get quite fixated on feeding on a certain type of bait at times,, especially if there are big shoals of sandeel about or sprats,, try experimenting with lure size rather than colour,, I'm not a big fan of metals but you would be surprised how well a small wedge can work some days vs a slender German sprat,, as for the weather if you have wind and tide together they generally hold up on the Lee side of a pinnacle or reef/Rock waiting to ambush,, where you find one there will be many,,

[Teegerstk]

Pollock can get quite fixated on feeding on a certain type of bait at times,, especially if there are big shoals of sandeel about or sprats,, try experimenting with lure size rather than colour,, I'm not a big fan of metals but you would be surprised how well a small wedge can work some days vs a slender German sprat,, as for the weather if you have wind and tide together they generally hold up on the Lee side of a pinnacle or reef/Rock waiting to ambush,, where you find one there will be many,,

Thanks for that! I definitely didn't pull out all the stops, I tried a few different gullies but didn't cover much ground, neither did I switch up my lures that much either. Hoping to head out tomorrow evening for another go. Very interesting about fish hiding in cover in the rough weather.
I greatly appreciate the advice!