whats up with wind forcast's? SH 8-15

[sparky30]

Well I am thoroughly sick of the weather and one foot or less that is 2-4's. We fished North started in 65, hit a big trout on a 300 cu in 77, lost a king on a rigger down 65 with a meat rig, then lost another king on a slide diver back 200 set on 2. Then got sick of the waves building and went in 9. Seem like the lat 3 weeks they can not get a wind right...

[fish-hub]

I feel your pain. I have a birds nest in the back of my boat.

[Dr Hook]

FWIW The lake started to settle down after 9. Went from 2.5 with forecast 1-2 down to 1.5.

Edited August 15, 2015 by Dr Hook
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[fish-hub]

I was out till 10:30. Must have settled down after that.

[jdh]

I drove to the launch, and didn't even unload the boat. Took a two hour nap and drove back home. I'll try again tomorrow.

[sparky30]

Had friends in sh. till 12 said it was just as bad then, but it is laying down now bigtime.

[Lef T]

I've found the windcast at Intellicast.com is incredibly accurate.

Click on the forecast tab and the dropdown menu appears. Click on winds and the Chicago region. Shows wind currents for every 3 hours a couple of days out. Very accurate in my opinion. I don't pay any attention to lake forecasts anymore. Any color other than blue on the map and the lake will be questionable. I also check the buoys before I go.

[True Gritt]

I feel your pain fished till 10:30 was still ruff took me 40min to get back in

[danthebuilder]

lake is now pretty flat btw

[gmfishon]

I don't think I want to go way crazy and give the forecasters a huge benefit of the doubt but perhaps a small one. Today here in tc was a rare exception but I have noticed a ton of days this year where the wind is blowing good by like 7 am. Reports from the big lake don't have it picking up til later. I think with the hot land and cold water we are getting thermals they can't call. First time I saw this a lot I sure was pissed I was keeping my boat here in tc instead of Frankfort.