how is fishing in buffalo

[captainjoe]

LongRod. I know where you are coming from. Like you say this has been brought up before here. I kinda believe the double the number theory. When you are out there and the weather bout says 1.5 footers it seems like 3 footrrs. When it says 2 footers and you are out there it looks like 4 footers. Etc. This is my experience. ???? How about you Copo? I'd ask Bailey but everything is a ripple to him..

[copo427ss]

Wave height is usually measured by drunken rednecks on boats that are overpowered and travelling way too fast with too many fish onboard.

[fishkiller16]

Hey now!!!! That's not fair Wes.....Lil
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/waves.htm

[bailey]

Yeah wes i don't drink, i think what you just did is called profiling!

[copo427ss]

Well personally I've seen it both ways. But usually it seems rougher than what the buoy says. I've been out in some scary sh#t before. To the point we put life jackets on and hailed the coastguard out position. But that's a whole story in itself.
Now last week when the girl n I went to hamburg beach the wave height seemed correct to the buoy. But when it says 1-3s and you get out there and it's barely fishable. Ya gotta wonder

[copo427ss]

Hey now!!!! That's not fair Wes.....Lil
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/waves.htm

Excellent schematic you found.

[bailey]

I'd be willing to take anyone out when waves reported at 3 to 4 and then give me your opinion lol when ya drop inbetween them and land disapears lol. I bet the little lady is nice n flat today though

[bailey]

I will say Fishkiller is the one with brass lol when i decide its bad enough to pack it up he's just gettin started ha ha.

[milt]

I agree when they say 2ft waves they seem to me they are 4ft imo

[LongRod]

Not disagreeing with the feeling that 2 to 3 feet seems much bigger than when on the lake and can be unfishable at times. It does to me too. After 40+ years of coastal and ocean fishing, 4 feet on these lakes in a small boat, seems very different to me than 4 feet in an open, deep water place (ocean). Fishing was no problem most times because 4 feet showed up as a long swell. I believe it is the wave period and how steep the waves are - a result of the relatively shallow water, rather than their actual height that makes it so different. I could be wrong, wife says I usually am.