Quote Originally Posted by bdrieck View Post
I'm looking to just hit the jig bite. trolling not a priority at this point. just wondering if this would change your opinion about whether or not I should try it. have a buddy telling me that I should still go as waves will be large 5miles out but with the south wind should still be able to catch fish close in. I just can't believe I could even get on the lake with 20+mph winds for 2 days even if I'm 20 yards off shore. Of course he's suggesting this before Fri & Saturday's expected hurricane

If anyone is planning on jigging this weekend let me know. Again, as I have only gone a few times I don't know how to cross reference the weather forecast with what the lake will be like.

thanks again gentlemen for all of your help!
Ultimately it's going to be your call. We are just recommending to you that you do not take your boat out on the lake this weekend. No fish in that lake is worth your life, and the fishing to this point has just been ok. Since you said that you just got the boat this winter, I would assume that you don't have much experience boating on Erie, and I wouldn't make your maiden voyage a day with 5 to 8 footers predicted in the nearshore forecast. Like I said before, I am a hardcore fisherman and I have a 28' hard top Baha with a 9.5' beam, 454 inboard, and I have 20+ years experience boating and fishing Lake Erie. You couldn't pay me to go out fishing in the predicted weather this weekend. But nobody is going to stop you if you want to go. You most likely won't be the only out there.....