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Same brother as the Petersburg caper; we had a pretty exciting week one May on Atlin Lake, in BC. Caught some nice lakers but had to really watch the freshwater wave action, lake is very long N/S and 1-3 miles wide E/W. beautiful country...

And Tusty.

A 20' 90hp river boat with jet ...in cook inlet....wind blowing from the south comming down the bay, meeting a fast tide going the other way ...like driving across a thousand setup 4' or 5' saw horse's....builges running .....weld cracks opening an closing ...only 50% of the boat bottom was wet ...

Wear that PFD, have some gear along, "just in case".

I've been blown off Lake Superior twice......I know the feeling.

In the past I fished offshore in Gulf of Mexico. We had our share of bad weather.

The worst trip was on a day that called for good weather and relatively calm seas. My partner, his 13 year old son, and me were in our 27 foot Boston Whaler powered by a pair of 225 hp Optimax’s. We were about 50 miles offshore and had been dodging thunderstorms and water spouts when a thunderstorm basically formed on top of us. My partner took his son in the cuddy and I drove the boat in to the seas as best as I could. Spent about 45 minutes in 10ft plus steep choppy seas. That was the only time I was worried about sinking in that boat. After the thunderstorm passed a workboat nearby called us on the radio to make certain we were ok. He clocked 50 mph winds. The weather cleared, seas flattened, we caught our fish and went home.


I also spent 12 hours in a 100’ workboat in 25 to 30 ft seas during hurricane Juan back in the 80’s. That is a longer story and was a flat out miserable experience.

Was supposed to do a walleye charter on Lake Erie tomorrow but the captain has cancelled - high winds.

Not too high, for some lakes, but too high for Lake Erie. Fished with him before. He’s a good captain, I trust his judgement.

We’re rebooked for Sept. 15.

seas are "suppose to be 2ft" sun and monday... planning on going out.

That's what happened to the British on Lake Erie!!

Uh - who sent the storm?

testing....testing....testing.

Blown off the water tonight in the U.P. of Michigan. Found some fish behind an island out of the wind then the wind changed direction and game over. Prop of the bow mount trolling motor was out of the water as much as it was in. I am still rockin and rollin and I've been off the water for 2 and a half hours.

This past June my wife and I were floating the Kootenai River in NW Montana. Fly fishing. Towards the end of day two's float a large thunderstorm hit. Was supposed to go north of us. It didn't. Poured rain, nearby lightening strikes, etc. We hustled it down to our take out then sat in the truck for 20 minutes waiting the storm to pass. Looking back it was a great piece of the three day trip.

makes it interesting , and something to remember.

I've run 15' waves in a 16 footer, ...no fun. The big lake here, Great Slave, can produce 35 footers if the wind is from the south, and the water level on the north side will rise 5 feet!!

Not since this morning, but I'll have to admit, it was the lightning cracking that sealed the deal. I don't do lightning if I can help it, but storms build so quickly this time of year the only way to avoid it is not go.

We (myself and two friends) had a terribly close call on Rangely Lake in ME a few years ago. We do an annual early spring troll just after ice-out. Decades of it under our belts, and it’s always windy as [bleep], nature of the beast up there. ‘Salmon Chop’ is what you want anyway, not glass. 16 ft Lund tiller. Typically plenty of boat for a smallish lake such as that. Not so. We knew big winds were coming, but figured we could could deal and fish around them to whatever extent. At least get an honest AM fish in before the winds went to 40 gusts In the afternoon. Well, they went to 40 plus gusts around 9:30 or 10 that morning, well ahead of schedule, and we were dead-[bleep] in a cove facing the teeth of it to run run home. Awful. I’ve been in a 35 foot Grady coming out of Nantucket in some seriously stacked waves that [bleep] us up and made me a little nervous, but i’ve Never been afraid for my life as at anytime on that day at rangely.tje waves were 4 ft I would say. We just didn’t have enough boat. It was a blessing we made it back dry.

A buddy of mine and his family used to own a camp on Moosehead, until the paper company yanked their lease (or priced them out of it). We used to do a lot of spring trolling out there. I can remember more than one sketchy crossing from Farm Island back over to the camp taking water over the bow. I do miss spring trolling for LL salmon!

I was out with a guide on Saginaw Bay last year with my two girls. Girls got sick. Guide turned green. I was fine but we turned back after the guide asked me if I was sure I felt ok for the 17th time, girls had had enough too.

This.

20 years in Marine Corps my a lot about gear in field.

I’d prefer to get blown on the lake.