Weatherman

[perchjerk jim]

You can tell that weathermen are not fishermen. They say two feet or less and it's 6 ft a fisherman would say 6 ft and it's actually only two feet. But I wish this damn wind would quit blowing out here on point Peninsula it's a tough ride out to the salmon

 

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[perchjerk jim]

The old lady says I should sell the place out here and moved to Sodus Point or west of there

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[Todd in NY]

The forecast this past Tuesday for the upper east end was 1ft or less. However, when I hit the lake from Stony Creek at 6:30am I was greeted by some nasty choppy 2-4ft waves, with waves occasionally crashing over my bow. I crawled out to the "finger" at a blistering 6-8 mph. It was too rough to use my kicker motor until after 12:00 when the lake finally calmed down to 1-2ft. We didn't get to a suitable fishing depth until about 8:30.

[Todd in NY]

I forgot to mention the 5-10 mph wind forecast, and there were white caps everywhere.

[jimski2]

If you see whitecaps, you are your own weatherman, an on scene observer. Make your own decision on what you see, not some TV person.

 

 

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At this time, the warm waters make their own weather and it has nothing to do with on shore weather .

[Todd in NY]

9 hours ago, jimski2 said:

If you see whitecaps, you are your own weatherman, an on scene observer. Make your own decision on what you see, not some TV person.

 

 

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At this time, the warm waters make their own weather and it has nothing to do with on shore weather .

 

There is no view of the lake from the boat launch. You have to navigate a 6ft deep creek as it meanders through a marshy area, then past the lake front. a half mile out is when the white caps became visible. The ride wasn't unbearable. but it was nowhere close to the weather prediction by NOAA or the weather channel for the area. It's not very often that I have to use my windshield wiper when it's NOT raining, but I had to that day.

 

The OP's complaint is that the forecast for our end of the lake usually isn't even close to what is predicted, and he is right. If we double the wave forecast we would only be a little closer than what the forecast calls for.

[garrymny]

They really need more than one buoy in the entire lake, off Rochester.

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[Todd in NY]

19 minutes ago, garrymny said:

They really need more than one buoy in the entire lake, off Rochester.

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I agree, and I think the wave forecast would be a little more accurate if the weather man had to cling to that buoy like a mechanical bull 

[fisherdude]

30 minutes ago, Todd in NY said:

 

I agree, and I think the wave forecast would be a little more accurate if the weather man had to cling to that buoy like a mechanical bull 

LOL x2 

 

[chucknmel]

weatherman the only job in the world you can screw up everyday and keep

[jimski2]

The buoys float up and down but at less than the wave heights. Their readings are about a foot off the true wave heights.


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