Quote Originally Posted by walleyerick View Post
Despite my better judgment I did go out today out of SBH. I started at the int'l marker buoy (42 fow) and started trolling into a stiff west wind toward Seneca Shoals at 2 mph. It was so windy that it was hard to keep my 14' boat on course. I had to be on the motor 100% of the time. Despite that, I fished 2 hrs with no luck. Buoy station 45142 said winds were 17.5 kts and 2foot waves. ********, they were 4' easy. Maybe they are talking about the peak wave levels not the peak to trough.
The waves are measured at the peak. Not peak to trough. So if you take mean level (calm waters) and start there, you measure from mean level to wave peak . I was out there also they were 2' with an occasional 2'-4' rollers we boxed 6 with 2 shortys and 3 smallies.