Finally made the trip up yesterday after grabbing the boat from Erie, PA. Made sure to call the bait shop Wednesday night and ask for weather forecast and he said with my 18ft boat I shouldn't have any issues, well it turns out he was WRONG! LOL. Launching the boat and seeing guys come back in saying not to waste our time really hurt the morale! We decided to safely and slowly manage to head out of Fenwick straight out to the pack. Wind was ripping and id say 3-4 easy. My Stratos 486 sf 18ft got thrown around like a doll. Caught a 23" on my second cast, purple hair jig tipped w minnow, so out of excitement we tried to battle the lake but it was just too much. Until next time, tight lines all.