18 foot boat fishing season

[SmilinEd1]

We fished the Oak monday morning, lines in the water by 630, winds were NW 10-15, waves 2-3s trolled east, air was warm.

Then about 830 wind direction changed to NNE and picked up to 20-25, got cold and we were in 4s-5s

We pulled everything in, 28 line, surfing 5s and 6s, not f-ing fun. One wave we surfed had to have been larger than 6, I let off the throttle to let that big SOB fall apart in front of us.

Just posting this juices me up

Got back to camp, cut what we caught, and by noon the sun was out, temperature was rising, the winds were dying off, when we left camp to go home at 330 the lake was flat..

fished 2.5 days out of the 6 we were there, this time of the yr, winds should allow you to fish more than that. this yr and last 2 yrs have sucked.

Next yr I might push the trip back to the week after Labor day.

Anyhow, the group loves fishing for Kings. 

Be safe out there

[SmokeyNBandit90]

31 minutes ago, SmilinEd1 said:

We fished the Oak monday morning, lines in the water by 630, winds were NW 10-15, waves 2-3s trolled east, air was warm.

Then about 830 wind direction changed to NNE and picked up to 20-25, got cold and we were in 4s-5s

We pulled everything in, 28 line, surfing 5s and 6s, not f-ing fun. One wave we surfed had to have been larger than 6, I let off the throttle to let that big SOB fall apart in front of us.

Just posting this juices me up

Got back to camp, cut what we caught, and by noon the sun was out, temperature was rising, the winds were dying off, when we left camp to go home at 330 the lake was flat..

fished 2.5 days out of the 6 we were there, this time of the yr, winds should allow you to fish more than that. this yr and last 2 yrs have sucked.

Next yr I might push the trip back to the week after Labor day.

Anyhow, the group loves fishing for Kings. 

Be safe out there

I was thinking my crew and I will go mid september to avoid having to expose our boat out beyond 100 fow. Only thing worse than the high winds from the south sling shoting us out where we needee to be, was going back against the grain when things really picked up.

[JLK]

The number of days we are blown off the lake will increase, assuming climate change is real.

[SmokeyNBandit90]

31 minutes ago, JLK said:

The number of days we are blown off the lake will increase, assuming climate change is real.

Lol yeah and my 9th grade social studies teacher back in 2005 told us that the oil would run out by 2013. Can probably put those ideas into the same camp of dilusion

[JLK]

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."

- Yogi Berra

[SmilinEd1]

Just a clarification on my part, I drive a 24ft Thompson HT.

After reading the title to the thread I thought I better make that clear.

You guys that drive the smaller boats have bigger balls than Bikini Bottoms can make..😆

[BRsnow]

43 minutes ago, SmilinEd1 said:

Just a clarification on my part, I drive a 24ft Thompson HT.

After reading the title to the thread I thought I better make that clear.

You guys that drive the smaller boats have bigger balls than Bikini Bottoms can make..😆

I have spent many hours in 16’ and also a 24’ and one is more comfortable on the way in and out, but I don’t think either is safer. Definitely drier some days though. I love fishing out of the smaller boat though.

[JLK]

Both boats are safe

 

to a point

 

Getting off the lake before you reach that point is key

 

 

[Aiden G]

Just pick and choose your days. Last year we went to 500ft in a 16ft alumacraft and absolutely no issues, granted we had a flat lake. But we have also been offshore in our 18ft Lund with no problems. So it's all about picking the right days.