Wind at Grenada

Hey guys,

Three of us Tenn. boys are coming down to do a little fishing this week. I have looked at the extended forecast and have noticed the winds are supopsed to be between 9- 12mph on any given day. I expect the wind forecast will change...probably for the worst but I wanted to ask your guys thoughts about how much wind is too much to fish the lake.

I know here at Big Sandy on the Tenn. River that whatever they are forecasting you had better add 10+ to that to get an accurate reading of what you will be facing.

Are Enid or Ark. any better to fish if the winds are bad?

Thanks guys,

The Hound

Butla has a sailboat club located on its shores, if that tells you anything about the wind there:)

CH, 9-12 mph is probably a typical speed here. Little or no wind in March is rare. Example.....yesterday's forecast - 5-15 North winds.........Don't know what it max'd out at after noon, but it was horrible and steady, and eventually turned to a WNW wind. No matter where you go, it will come in on you. Depending on where you put in at, and how confident you are in your boat size, you can think you're OK one minute, then, be in an Uh-Oh situation in another. Take the wind forecast with a gain of salt. Be prepared to get frustrated (with the wind - but not fish quality:)).
Good Luck to ya'll.

Thanks for the info. I will be in an 18ft. Express w/ a 90 Yammie. Boat handles big water well but I just didn't want to get in over my head. Want to air on the side of caution.

Do you guys use drift socks, chains etc. to help with boat control?

to your thoughts on chains:), we do use chains in the stump
fields if the wind is really
cuttin up. However, I really prefer socks elsewhere, as
I personally think they take more bounce out of the boat
than chains do. Using socks in the stumps will work you
to death keeping them unhung.

The wind is one factor, but what a lot of folks don't know, and
maybe forget is......this lake is full of concrete; foundations,
bridge pilings, artesion wells, etc........ Most of this stuff is
from Carver Point on up both arms, especially on the humps,
and along the old highways. A lot of old home sites, old stores.....
folks used to live out there. I consider this to be as big a
danger, if not more sometimes, than the wind.....especially
when the lake's low like now. Here's a prime example that's
on a hump out away from any other obstacle within a
quarter mile; I found it the hard way running about 40,
and amputated the lower fin on my Mercury. That's Choctaw
Point in the background. Be careful!!
Coordinate:
N 33.83750
W 089.69355
There's much, much more!!

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DCP_0193.jpg

LUV...I really appreciate the info. thanks for the coordinates on that "motor killer".

Thanks,

The Hound

Did you spot the skegg from your Merc or any other lower unit parts in the area ?

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Did you spot the skegg from your Merc or any other lower unit parts in the area ?

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I did look around for it, Stick, but didn't see it. Don't know if you can tell in the pic or not, but this boat & motor-getter has many battle scars on it. Same goes for the tops of a lot of the concrete bridge pilings and railings. I'm sure there's been many motors amputated, as well as boat hull damage over the past 50+ years. It's a world of difference hittin something like this, and hittin a stump. That concrete does not give whatsoever. Again, certain areas of this lake can be very dangerous at various water levels, because there's a lot of this type stuff out there. Be careful!!!!!!

Yep, you can't be too carefull out there, with the watter level up and down all of the time, never take for granted that "You know the water"......LJ knows it better than most, and you see what he found! Long flats can get you too. I saw a 21 ft triton run aground so far during a bass tournament a few years ago that it actually rocked side ways from the V in the hull......don't know how he got that thing off.... If you go up river, watch for sand bars too, had to get out and push 3 times Sat....not fun in 60 degree water... Be carefull, and send me coordinates when you guys find the mother load, thanks......Naw, just some pics will do!:D

Enid is probably the easiest to fish in the wind because it is just a short ride to launch from either side of the lake (whichever is in the best shape and then you don't have to cross the main pool). There are plenty of little creeks to get out of the wind when the water is up, and if it is down then you can usually find a creek mouth to drift even in the wind.

If you even think that the wind might be a little tough, absolutely do not go to Arkabutla.

Sounds like you don't want to run flat out at this lake. What are the numbers for normal pool. For Kentucky Lake it's 359ft above sea level. If I get the HotSpot Maps the normal pool #'s will help me determine the coreect depth of the water.

The Hound

LOL, Define "normal".

Winter pool is 193, and summer pool is 215.

It is right around 202 right now.

Hope that helps. It will be higher if we get rain before you get here.

It is fairly safe to rum WOT on most open water, but you will want to back out of it when you start seeing stumps.

Disclaimer: if you hit a chunck of concrete in open water, I cannot be held responsible..:D

You think with the water down someone would mark that stuff to keep people, locals and out of towners, from tearing out thier lower units on that stuff. I mean that stuff is dangerous. It's not like Reelfoot where you don't dare run wide open across the middle because you know the chances of hitting are stunmp are probably 90%. Anyway, I'll just make sure the bilge is working and I have two buckets to bail with in case I hit some "structure". :D

Pstone...Thanks for those numbers they will help when I'm looking for certain depths of water.

The Hound

No problem. Give me a call if you run into trouble and need some help. PM me if you don't have my #.

Thanks Pstone...

The Hound

Hey pstone, got any big fish located for the tourny nest weekend?

Had a couple before all the rain we got today, getting ready to find a few more....

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Had a couple before all the rain we got today, getting ready to find a few more....

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Drove thru there today and that was some hard rain just North of Grenada.

Yeah, my dog club was in Hernando putting on our spring hunt test, and we got SOAKED. Rained hard all the way home, and still raining.....