My friend has a weekend charter out of Erie Pa. He was out in the 2nd trench last weekend. They did well on walleye. They were a bit larger than what is being caught closer in to shore. But the 2nd trench is a 12-13 mile haul out of Walnut & if it's rough it could take forever to get there. My boat is smaller & with the waves a bit larger than we'd like last weekend we couldn't make the run out too where he was fishing.

For wind & waves try a couple of these sites. They're pretty reliable. You'll have to fine tune them to your location.

I usually use the roundabout formula of every 5mph of wind equals about 1 foot of wave. Now you'll also have to take wind direction & such into account.

B safe! And good luck!

www.windalert.com
www.wx.iwindsurf.com