All I know is I would rather be sitting in the shade on a hot Sunday afternoon than in the hot sun while fishing.
And I would rather be fishing in the sun than looking at a dry hole.
haha
Regarding wind and sun - for us, I am removing trees on water's edge, leaving some. Mostly we have pines, and they offer little in the way of shade over the water. Our pond is surrounded by mature trees 35' and taller on all sides, and hills that elevate up more than 45' on 3 sides. So there is plenty of sun blockage and wind blockage. Due to the "bowl like" nature of our pond sitting in the valley I can cull the trees immediately at water's edge and leave a few but leave more in that are 15' or more from water's edge, as these are mature tall trees and they block the sun quite a bit.
