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Hey, what are the wind directions and speeds that make you hesitate fishing Sardis? We are coming down the 20th and so we are starting to look at weather. If Sardis becomes unsafe or not fishable, which of the other big three would you recommend? I know Sardis can be hard to escape the wind, but the others may have places to get out of it.
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A WEST wind is bad on all of the Big 4. East winds are fishable in spots on all of them. Enid does have more spots that are fishable in most any wind direction. Just be careful where you launch.
Thanks Sat.Quote:
Originally Posted by satdoc1
At what wind speed from the West do the lakes start to get too rough?
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I know a west wind on grenada is very dangerous, the lake can go from smooth as glass to white caps very quickly especially if your in the graysport area!
Any wind over 10+Quote:
Originally Posted by JTMavs
If they say 5mph winds, it will be at least 10 on the big lakes.
5-10 on any of them is ok, if it's accurate. 10-15 mph winds or more, you have to be really careful. GL.
Anything over 12 puts me on the trailer or way up York, Rowsey, Bynum .
Fastest place to sink a boat while loading . Loading alone can be a total nightmare . jmo. By the time you can get truck you got problems . been there done that !Quote:
Originally Posted by Erin Brewer
West or east wind for Sardis both are bad. 10 mph gets rough in 5 minutes.
Helped a tin boat out yesterday at greysport that sunk and helped a glass boat 10min later bouncing off the rocks out and ended up having a cracked hull. Stay off south greysport on an west wind 10-15 plus
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North and south high winds aren't fun either
I loaded this video up on youtube, but I never published it because I forgot to make it public instead of private.
The video doesn't do justice to the size of those rollers smashing into the Graysport bridge pilings. It went from conditions about like the first couple of seconds in the video to conditions like the last few seconds in the video in about 5 minutes. The first thing you see is chop...turning into wake... from "invisible" boats. The next thing you do is, if on the east side of Graysport & within sight of the bridge, is see white caps boiling around under the bridge. Sounds like the MS River at floodstage!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjCWZnqSnPE
Take what the weathermen say and double it!!!!
NW weren't much good today, the sun-of-a-gun was rolling!!!!!
You dang right it was! Glad I just had to come back south!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
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I went to Teckville yesterday from Engineers point. The wind wasn't blowing when I went up but by the time we came back it was at 18 by my weather app. It took me a long time to get back down the lake and I run a 240 SeaArk. I wouldn't have wanted to be in anything smaller and didn't want to be out there as it was. I would say anything over 10-12 is almost a no go. There were easy 3 foot rollers blowing up that lake. Be careful.
Thanks for the reports and everybody take notice!!!! Big winds will kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the info. I have been on Sardis in big winds and it just gets flat mean in a hurry! Driving 8 hours, I hate to lose time on the water because of wind, but safety first!!! Please, everyone pay attention to what the wind is doing.
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Problem on these lakes, if you are several miles from the landing, you are not gonna have time to get out in time. I've seen these lakes get treacherous in mere seconds, even on sunny days. You have to respect nature and have good judgement. When I was young and my dad and I fished, he would always drive to the landing nearest where we would be fishing, because we had a fairly small boat. I still remember that. Today, because of huge boats and motors, people take it for granted that they will be safe regardless of how far they motor. Nothing could be further from the truth.........Grenada, Sardis, and Enid don't care whether you have a 14 ft. boat with a 25 hp, or a 21 ft. boat with a 300 hp..............they will all be like toys when the wind gets up and you are miles from the landing. Believe me, it's a lonely and scary feeling! Everyone be safe wear your life jackets, and utilize the kill switch feature.
Well said, duckhunter!
No doubt duckhunter.. I've been in close situations myself. When I see or feel it coming I get to close to any shoreline closest to me, preferably wind friendliest. Lot of boats sink trying to get back to the ramp. I would beach mine before I sunk it.. also brings up another point of being prepared with supplies on board.Quote:
Originally Posted by duckhunter
One of my best days fishing Sardis before i started spider rigging was in 35mph winds. Was drift fishing sideways (like side pulling) other than getting a little wet on the turns it was fun.
You will have fun the next few days then. Wind advisory and 30-40 MPH winds. Have fun. I'm changing my vacation for later. Ain't dealing with it as much as I'm desperate to fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
Not too fun for spider rigging...I'll be in Dallas all week :(
After this last weekend fishing Sardis, I'm a firm believer that if you dont like the wind direction, just wait awhile and it will change for ya. Either good or bad, it'll throw ya a loop sometimes.
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