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After sat. surprise storm I;m putting out a fair warning to all the fisherman, we went from calm seas to 8 to 10 foot waves
sat. in matter of minutes without any warning, sustain 48 mile hour winds and swirling clouds if you got caught last night you know what we went thru on the western side. Be safe and watch the radar this week for sure.
Reel sport team Capt. Mike and Wayne
What was the big surprise ?? The local news channels were calling for scattered strong storms since early yesterday .. Calling for the same the next few days . Every summer with the heat of the day produces these storms very very often .
Good fishing !!!
Saw it brewing on my intellicast radar app. Got the poles in and heading back to tne dock! Made it with 30 min to spare! :) that storm came out of no where!!! Seen it way to many times! -Dave
Was 14.3 miles around 300 and got a call from 2 friends on shore warning of the storms heading and pulled lines in in enough time to enjoy the storm from shore.
Several other charters didnt even go out on their afternoon trips because of what they.saw heading this way on the radar. Seems you took a chance and almost got burned ..
Good Fishing
Winds at the 45165 buoy were gusting to near 50 mph yesterday and it was raining at a rate of 4 in/hr! The 45165 buoy reports conditions every 10 minutes, which is more than any other buoy or station. Check the uglos.mtu.edu site for the latest observation.
Obserservations from the Toledo Light #2 can be almost 45 min old, while the 45165 station is no more than 15 min old.
Text 45165 to 734-418-7299 to get the lastest observation.
Safe boating out there!
We use the XM Marine Weather hooked up to our Lowrance HDS unit to tell of approaching storms, lightning, and weather alerts. This service has saved us many times on the water when our phones are tucked away. its money well spent.
Another storm is brewing
We got in about an hour before the storm hit. I had to cut off my radio chat with Black Pearl because a board go nailed, and within 15 minutes we were heading back in with the last 5 we needed! Whoever said on the radio to run 3 ounces 43 back, I owe you a beer because you got us off the water before the storm.
Was anyone out yesterday? 16 was busy with reports of a capsized boat and we watched the Coast Guard chopper fly around for hours, as well as a few Coast Guard boats moving around. I haven't heard of any more about what happened since we had to head to town around Noon.
Everything everyone said is true, we watch the radar from when we left the dock, and was calm and bright sun were we were fishing, no proir marine warning, and there was alot of charters around us, it hapeen so fast, The point I'm trying to make two
small boats capized sat in our end, and alot of small boats are following the charters way out pass thier normal miles , and are getting in the hot walleye bite and our second guess the storms,
and don't have boat size or horsepower to get in quickly, I'm just trying to help save everyone, we seen maney a boat at the ramp the people were in shock or white as sheets. just be carefull. Wayne REEL SPORT TEAM.
Here is the story on it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman86
He must have said the right things to the big guy up above.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...ours-Lake-Erie
Was sitting in my buddies pool off Cedar Pt. rd. in Oregon when my Goddaughter showed me radar of what was coming. It was beautiful at that point. In 10 min. it got real ugly over the lake and I said I'm glad I'm not out there. There have been days when I was out there though and it's not fun. It really moved in fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by wayne johnson
We were sittin around the marina, seen the radar, And my friend goes "it ain't gonna rain" Jumps in his boat and takes off....WTF... Not really a great choice but he did make it back... I don't recommend this at all!
LOWE LIFE
Headed due north out of Turtle Creek a little after six Sunday morning, probally got a mile north of A-can and saw a couple boats close together at first I thought they got their boards tangled but realized they were helping someone who was in the water. I think it was the person who's boat capsized that was in the news. Anyway
thank God for those guys who helped him. They are hero's. If you would have seen that you would never go out when weather is threatening.
We rapped up quickly to Hoytman!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoytman86
Wow John! A Can is a long way from Bolles Harbor if that is who it was! Thank goodness the water is a little warmer and it isn't spring fishing. Sitting here looking glumly at the forecast.....thundershowers every day for a long ways out so us better safe than sorry types will probably miss some days. But better to have not gone and wished you had, than gone and wish you hadn't! There will always be other days to fish. Only takes one storm to end your fishing for good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daddyhags
We were out by the kidney saturday and left at 5:00 just before the storm came in and heard over the radio that there was a capsize and coast guard was searching the area.....wow, it's hard to believe he was not found until the next morning!
We made it to the catawba dock just when it hit! Saw some major panic from some of the boaters trying to get out. One in particular was a yacht that came FLYING through the no wake zone into the channel with no regard to anyone else, guy looked like Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack! Unbelievable speed through the channel!
No kidding. Not sure how that guy didn't end up hypothermic. I heard the report of a capsized boat, but that story said he was recovered relatively early in the day, why was the CG still searching?Quote:
Originally Posted by B can man
Unbelievable! I can never get time off from work and I finally get a week off to fish and the weather looks like a chance of storms every day. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have the 2 1/2 hour drive each way. I guess I'll keep watching the forecast and head up when I see an opportunity. UGH!
You got that right Eyecrazy! Been a lousy year to sync weather and my schedule too. Looked this morning at two different weather services. Forecast from both for next 10 days was 30% or greater thunderstorms every day and most days were in the 40-60% range. (Well, in interest of honesty, one service had one of the 10 days at only 10% chance - whoopee!) Gonna be a pain until this system moves on - especially for those couple hours away. Takes the fun out of it when you have to watch the sky and worry about beating a storm off.... Hope something kicks this weather system out of here soon, but doesn't look good....Quote:
Originally Posted by Eyezcrazy
Well weatherman said it would be a decent day for boating, well meet our crew at dock make it out 1/4 mile out turn right back for dock, 4 to 6 foot waves out of northeast and lake is pure mud today, now its raining to top that off more.
Reel sport Team
wayne i decided at 430 am that i was sleeping in today.
Better luck next time!