Bad weather

[Pauken23]

Looks like tomorrow will be cold but calm enough to get out. Planning on leaving early unless the winds are still raging. WindAlert (great free app) has 26mph at the lighthouse and 32mph at Put in Bay still but it's supposed to die quick through the night. Thursday through the weekend looks rough. I've always wanted to invite my old friends out to stay at my place and fish Lake Erie for a few days but this is exactly what makes that impossible. You can't predict when the lake will let you take its bounty... Anyway, if we get out tomorrow it'll only be for a few hours but I'll post a report. My report will likely be useless though if the forecast is correct...

[Pauken23]

Well that was fun... Basically went birding instead of fishing. Drove down to a few areas to look at the lake and its rough with not a single boat out. Had hopes we'd catch a small fishable window and fail...

[Pauken23]

With all this wind consider all the lost days fishing this spring for the charters captains.Difficult to make up these days later and all the income that is lost.Also for local economy.Hotels,bait stores,fish cleaners....

Agreed. Sport fishing is huge to the economy around here and you can't make these days up. They're just lost...

[MBLMIKE]

Question with the reduced fishing due to weather this spring will that effect the spawn and increase future fish numbers.

[Eyezcrazy]

Question with the reduced fishing due to weather this spring will that effect the spawn and increase future fish numbers.

The reduced fishing will have little to no effect on the fish numbers. The water condition will have more effect on the hatch. If the water is churning from high winds and flooded with silt it will do far more damage to the eggs resulting in lower hatch rate. At least that is what I have learned over the years.

[dgf2250]

I'm making front and side curtains for a boat I bought this winter. Have never had a boat with cover. I'm interterested whether those with hardtops or Bimini's and enclosures go out fishing in the rain. I'm not talking t-storms or days with high wind. On those days where it's just an all day rain and light winds, do you go out and troll in the rain? It seems to me like you could set your spread and stay under cover, going out in the rain and nay to reset lines and land fish.