Everyone that is planning on fishing the Bass Champs Tourn on Amistad this weekend needs to heed the high wind warnings that are forecast to be 25--45 mph on Sat. morning through Sat. night. This one has teeth!!! We don't need anyone to get hurt or worst yet; to lose their life for a few fish. Remember what happened at Falcon with the FLW!! Reschedule????

I would be shocked if they rescheduled!

Hell Noooooooo,
Better not reschedule
If you fear for yourself stay close, or stay home. Don't hender the rest of us.

LOL!! Seriously?!?!

I'm feeling a FLW event at falcon all over again with aditudes like that

witch hunt?

45mph winds???? well might wanna tighten up your chin straps

There is no way I would risk my life in 35+ mph winds on a body of water that big.

45??? Now that's different
But all places I have looked up say's 22-25.
wungerground which is pretty good say's 22-25
I think it is fair to say that it WILL NOT blow 45+
That would be vary rair.
So I hope no one is saying to reschedule for 25mph. Please

If they reschedule us because of 25 mph, they might as well cancel the rest of the season. 35+ would be iffy, but so long as it is out of the north, we could fish our holes. that is, we could motor upwind, and drift down. Several times. Fine with me if the wind blows.... less competitors for me to fish against.

As long as they allow trailering it will be rough but fishable. Box Canyon and Rough Canyon are both well protected in a North Wind. Completely different situation at Falcon with trailering not allowed.

Hope the wind doesn't get up too bad.

I was fishing the Elk river in Alabama when a bad storm hit. We just made it out of the water when the lightning started hitting everywhere. Clouds were black and blue and the wind was starting and stopping with very high gust. However. It was the Wednesday night tourney blast off time and about thirty boats headed out. Most unreal thing you have ever seen.

That lake can get to rolling lol good luck and be safe

u can pretty much add 10+ mph on that wind forecast at amistad its gonna blow out there.... Be smart and safe no matter what!!!!

Yeah,if their not Gonna Allow Trailering,I'd have to pass. It Would be Nice If They would Make a sensible decision,in advance. To long a drive to just get over there and be Misserable.Never Understood the Whole we gotta leave from the same place in single file order deal anyway.Seems more fair for everyone to start and end at the exact same time anyway.Thats what the Polygraph is for....

Yip checked weather.com...They are calling for 32MPH in Del Rio ,which in my Amistad experience means 40...You will have For Sure one Less competitor,,,Just Not That Mad at Them...Be Careful.

I've always heard a good rule of the wind forcast at Amistad, take the 2 numbers and add them together!! 20 - 25 would end up pretty close to 45, but I was taught math in a small school along time ago!!LOL

For anyone in doubt about the forcast; go to Accuweather and bring up Del Rio and "click" on weekend. On the window that says Sat. click on "more" at the bottom of the window; then scroll down. Sustained of 27 building through the day with possible gusts of 50. TIME FOR A DECISION DIRECTORS! Diablo could be a bad decision! Trailer or re-schedule!!

This Winter really suxs......

I fished several BC tourney's on Amistad when the wind was as bad as forecasted. Chad will most likely allow trailering and you can fish if your smart. Its the people that think putting in at Diablo and running to marker 20 somthing that come back complaining. The difference between the FLW Falcon and BC is that BC will allow trailering and Amistad has muliple ramps to allow people to get where they think they need to go.

As mentioned, you can put in at Box, High Bridge or Rough Canyon and have plenty of water to fish without dealing with the ocean on the main lake.

If you don't want to risk it, that is your decision. Just my $.02, I'm heading to Rayburn until the front runs us off the lake.

45 mph winds at Amistad, now that is a hard decision Hope every cowboy that decides to ride the bull makes it to 8...

I made an early April trip to Amistad with a buddy in Arlington back in 2007. The five days were there had only one day the wind didn't blow from one the direction or another. It never reached 45 mph, but got in the 30s a couple of times. That was a bad place to be with that wind. Fortunately we were able to trailer since it was just a fun fishing trip and managed to fish safe water. I could not imagine launching at a location with the wind blowing directly into it on that lake. I would bet that Jeff and Chad will make a safety call at the ramp, but I doubt they would cancel it altogether, in advance.

Sounds like someone is going to do a remake of the Gordon Lightfoot song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"...

It is simple....don't show up then, if you even fish their tournaments. Nobody is forcing you to launch.