03-20-2010, 04:25 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I use the forecasts for the weather channel...hour by hour...the day before my trip to make last minute decisions for the water I am targeting.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]On some lakes I look for wind from the south, with no more than 5 mph forecasts. Others fish better with the wind from different directions and with a little more wind tolerable because of natural barriers along the shoreline I plan to fish. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]I have found that whenever the forecast is for 3 mph or less it is the same as dead flat calm. I have also found that the actual conditions might be winds from exactly the opposite direction and several times the forecast velocity.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]In truth, I seldom experience conditions even close to those forecast by any of the local sources. I just make my own best guess based on prevailing conditions and past experience. I am usually right more often than the forecasters...because I usually predict just the opposite of what they do.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]For float tubing, winds in excess of five mph become difficult to manage and fish. If you require a degree of finesse and touch in your fishing method you will be unable to maintain proper contact with light jigs on light line if you are fighting to keep your tube in position. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]It seems to be a Murphy's Law kind of thing that whenever I plan to fish a distance away from where I launch that I have to kick against the wind all the way to my intended fishing spot. Then the wind dies down until I get ready to return. About the time I start thinking about returning to my vehicle the wind will come up from that direction so I have to kick even harder all the way back.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Mama Nature is evil and vengeful. You just can't win some days. [/#0000ff]
[signature]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]On some lakes I look for wind from the south, with no more than 5 mph forecasts. Others fish better with the wind from different directions and with a little more wind tolerable because of natural barriers along the shoreline I plan to fish. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]I have found that whenever the forecast is for 3 mph or less it is the same as dead flat calm. I have also found that the actual conditions might be winds from exactly the opposite direction and several times the forecast velocity.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]In truth, I seldom experience conditions even close to those forecast by any of the local sources. I just make my own best guess based on prevailing conditions and past experience. I am usually right more often than the forecasters...because I usually predict just the opposite of what they do.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]For float tubing, winds in excess of five mph become difficult to manage and fish. If you require a degree of finesse and touch in your fishing method you will be unable to maintain proper contact with light jigs on light line if you are fighting to keep your tube in position. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]It seems to be a Murphy's Law kind of thing that whenever I plan to fish a distance away from where I launch that I have to kick against the wind all the way to my intended fishing spot. Then the wind dies down until I get ready to return. About the time I start thinking about returning to my vehicle the wind will come up from that direction so I have to kick even harder all the way back.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Mama Nature is evil and vengeful. You just can't win some days. [/#0000ff]
[signature]