The Day Has Finally Arrived...Woot! Woot!
by Capt Juls on 03/31/14After a long hard winter, the day has finally...I'm going to go pick up the new Ranger from my dealer. In my book, it's the official day of spring for me. :)
My first charter is scheduled for this coming weekend, but wind forecasts, and late ice might keep us off the lake. I'll know by Wednesday and will let him know. I'm not going to push it though, because we have all season to fish. As anxious as I am to go fishing, here's no need to take unnecessary chances this early.
Last night's satellite picture shows the ice has made great strides disappearing.
http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/html/modis/modis.php?region=e&page=1&template=sub&image=a1.14089.1835.LakeErie.143.250m.jpg
The forecast for today is for light east winds, sunny, and a 62 degree temp. And, tomorrow's winds are going to be strong out of the South with more warm temps.
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?siteID=849&Isection=Forecast+Graphs®ionID=95
Cooler temperatures are expected towards the weekend, but are not so cold that we couldn't go fishing. It's the wind direction that concerns me most since there is floating ice out there. Once day it's pushed to this side of the lake and then the next it's on the other side. I wouldn't want to leave the ramp in the morning only to find that later in the day the floating ice moved in and blocked us from the ramp. That would be bad.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/port-clinton-oh/43452/daily-weather-forecast/1169
It's supposed to be sunny today, so I'm hoping we get to see another satellite picture this afternoon.
I'll post pictures of the new rig on Facebook later today. Have a great day everyone!
Capt Juls
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