milt Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 check out the national data bouy center look at the port colborne buoy jeff
rvan Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 Yep been running the same program. I'm planning to take a couple guys out tomorrow all day it'd be sweet if someone was able to give me a wave report sometime tonight I just have a hard time believing that darn forecast 325 one day and then one foot or less the next morning.. actually saying one foot or less tonightSent from my SM-G930V using Lake Erie United Mobile AppMy last time out marine forecast 2 or less. Took water over bow and bilge ran multiple times but we caught fishSent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App
joe lagreca Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 That's what I'm afraid of. When you get those windy days it just doesn't calm down sometimes in one evening you wake up with the leftover rollers and that's the stuff I can't doSent from my SM-G930V using Lake Erie United Mobile App
whitecap1 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 Right now the wind is 2.5 knots from the SW and the waves are 1.6 ft at the Dunkirk buoy. You should be fine tommorrow. Wish I was able to go tommorrow.Sent from my LML413DL using Lake Erie United Mobile App
Fishnut Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 Get the app windy. It’s free and it’s real time and accurate for wind speed and direction. I use it all the time. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United
Fishy7816 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 We just got off the lake and it was definitely one foot or less towards the endSent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App
joe lagreca Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 You are the man! I'll be out there tomorrow I'll have a report for everyoneSent from my SM-G930V using Lake Erie United Mobile App
joe lagreca Posted August 31, 2020 Report Posted August 31, 2020 Anybody out there yet 5:30 a.m.Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Erie United Mobile App
joe lagreca Posted August 31, 2020 Report Posted August 31, 2020 Should have brought my surfboard everyone was wrong every site was wrong every app was wrong.Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Erie United Mobile App
Puking Dog Posted August 31, 2020 Report Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) They are always way off. The best you can do is hope for a SE wind under 15 and go, and that don't happen often. The Port Coulbourne buoy is averaging wave height not measuring max height. If you double what they are reporting, you will be in the ball park. SE wind will be flat. S wind and E wind are almost as good. Any extended SW wind is building waves all the way from Michigan with nothing to stop them. The local news stations must be reporting waves inside the breakwalls in Bufffalo. They should get out on the lake sometime after they report 1 foot or less and see what the real world is like. You would think that for a city on 2 Great Lakes, that at least one TV station could get a clue. It would probably be good for ratings. I know I would watch that station. Edited August 31, 2020 by Puking Dog better rant. 2
nauticalnuge Posted August 31, 2020 Report Posted August 31, 2020 Went out of the Catt and started off Eagle bay in 75 fow and trolled to the Purina up to 90 fow ..tons of fish on the screen, worked hard for 5 fish...saw the biggest one foot waves with white caps I've ever seen before..fish were tight to the bottom..lots of bait too .no one lure out did the other ...guess five is better than none or one. A light south wind around 5 mph would be a nice change of pace 2
whitecap1 Posted September 1, 2020 Report Posted September 1, 2020 You are the man! I'll be out there tomorrow I'll have a report for everyoneSent from my SM-G930V using Lake Erie United Mobile AppSorry Joe really sounded like it would be a good day out there.Sent from my LML413DL using Lake Erie United Mobile App
Dcra Posted September 1, 2020 Report Posted September 1, 2020 Fished yesterday off the Catt. Got a late start, launched about 1:30 pm. Wind out of the SE going out, found some good screens between 75-80. Riggers 5-7' off the bottom, and dipsys on 2.5 setting back 150' worked well. Harnesses with copper backs caught all fish. Winds picked up around 5:30 and cut our day short. Waves now a solid 2, some close to 3 footers. Made for a long slow ride back in a 18' boat but worth it with 9 fish in the box between 19-22". (Waves a foot or less lol) 2
joe lagreca Posted September 1, 2020 Report Posted September 1, 2020 Fished yesterday off the Catt. Got a late start, launched about 1:30 pm. Wind out of the SE going out, found some good screens between 75-80. Riggers 5-7' off the bottom, and dipsys on 2.5 setting back 150' worked well. Harnesses with copper backs caught all fish. Winds picked up around 5:30 and cut our day short. Waves now a solid 2, some close to 3 footers. Made for a long slow ride back in a 18' boat but worth it with 9 fish in the box between 19-22". (Waves a foot or less lol)We fished Just a Touch shallower than that and didn't mark anything like thatSent from my SM-G930V using Lake Erie United Mobile App
nauticalnuge Posted September 1, 2020 Report Posted September 1, 2020 National weather service says waves one foot or less this afternoon...port colborne weather buoy reading at noon is 1.3 feet...so my guess is 2-3s +
Bottom Bouncer Posted September 2, 2020 Report Posted September 2, 2020 Got 11 this afternoon/evening in 72-80 fow. All on harnesses run very close to the bottom. 4
Slapshot Posted September 5, 2020 Report Posted September 5, 2020 Thinking of heading out of Dunkirk in the morning if the winds are down. Any suggestion as to where to start and what bait is working best? Thanks will post a report at some point tomorrow. 1
walteye Posted September 6, 2020 Report Posted September 6, 2020 Looking at the NOAA forecast for Monday-Tuesday-10 footers??? Little scary-but they have known to be wrong. Give it a shot. But not by me!. Walteye
jimski2 Posted September 6, 2020 Report Posted September 6, 2020 Try the Lake Erie Marine weather site.
ws6rufus Posted September 6, 2020 Report Posted September 6, 2020 Sun 9/6 7:30-1:00. Boxed 15. 80-85fow a little west of the Catt. Screen was great with fish mostly stacked on bottom. 10 color, 250 copper, 7 & 8 colors with 2oz snap weights caught most fish. Tried dragging balls right on bottom and also at 50-70ft but only got 2 on downriggers. 14 on harnesses 1 on Bayrat. Natural colors on harnesses worked best. 1
Fishy7816 Posted September 6, 2020 Report Posted September 6, 2020 Fished today out of catt 80-90 fow dipsys run 180-190 on 2 setting and 8 color with 1&2oz we ended with our 2 man limit by 12:00pm. All on sticks/harness/spoon Sent from my iPhone using Lake Erie United Mobile App 1
Puking Dog Posted September 7, 2020 Report Posted September 7, 2020 Sunday Sept 7, 2020 Fished solo off Eagle Bay 11:15 till 6:30 Marked fish almost constantly but couldn't buy a hit (see screen shot of fish finder). Ran big dipseys, 1 down rigger and 4 color lead with 5 oz snap weight. 83 to 86 FOW. Nothing worked. Sticks, harnesses and spoons. I was running 3 mph om main engine trying to burn up some older gas and I'm thinking that was the problem. Next time out I'm switching back to my kicker. Live and learn. Dragged downrigger ball right thru marks and zip. 1
ws6rufus Posted September 8, 2020 Report Posted September 8, 2020 We did best @ 1.0-1.2 mph down speed on the FishHawk. GPS & top speed on FishHawk showed 2.0-2.2 mph. When we went faster the Sheepshead started biting and the Walleye stopped. I think with the warm water slower is probably better. The water on Sunday was 73.2 on the surface and 73.2 at 85ft. 2
Puking Dog Posted September 8, 2020 Report Posted September 8, 2020 Yep, I was measuring same temp from surface all the way to the bottom as measured with a fish hawk TD sent down my dipsey rods. 1
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