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Enough is Enough !!
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03/19/21 02:57 AM
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Rutster
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It has been windy as heck. Whats your comfort level when you say "I'm not going to the lake today ?"
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928289
03/19/21 02:59 AM
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Posts: 21,333
Douglas J
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I go when it's favorable and don't when I do not want to go. Retirement has it's advantages
#MFGA
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928293
03/19/21 03:06 AM
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,468
TxBassSniper
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Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were great on Falcon.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928295
03/19/21 03:09 AM
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Posts: 105
STX_bassin
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It was brutal today. Made for a tough day but still caught a few.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Douglas J]
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03/19/21 03:18 AM
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Cmack
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I go when it's favorable and don't when I do not want to go. Retirement has it's advantages Same here, I normally set a 10-12 mph limit when I'm not on a trip. When I'm down at Falcon or anywhere far from home, I'll always figure out something, The days of busting across Rayburn or Falcon in a 20+ mph wind have long since passed.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928313
03/19/21 03:23 AM
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Posts: 11,008
BigDozer66
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If it is blowing 10+ mph at home in Lufkin then it is a minimum of 15 but more likely 20+ on Big Sam. If I go I will usually go up the river or go to a different lake.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928337
03/19/21 03:59 AM
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grout-scout
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20 is about all I want. Unless itโs at Amistad and you can hide a tiny bit better some of the places.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Douglas J]
#13928351
03/19/21 04:26 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 78,117
banker-always fishing
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Pumpkin Head
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I go when it's favorable and don't when I do not want to go. Retirement has it's advantages This!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928366
03/19/21 09:37 AM
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Posts: 39,492
Allison1
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Tournament day, where can my boat get to in order to catch the biggest stringer. Practice day, where do I need to look at before the tournament and can I find protected areas. Fun day, where can I go to catch fish and how hard do I want to try today.
Bad weather like high wind or storms, how much do I want to go. In my younger years that usually was answered by going. I'm not so mad at the fish anymore.
I am wrong but you can not prove it, you just believe it enough from the bottom of your heart.....
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928400
03/19/21 11:06 AM
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buda13
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30+ sustained, not 30 mph gusts, depending on the lake could change my mind about going. All of my favorite lakes around here have places you can launch and access decent water with minimal to no mainlake required.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928425
03/19/21 11:39 AM
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prosise
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Don't upset the wind gods! You are going to get us in trouble. Was at Grapevine Wednesday when it was blowing 30+ with gusts in the 40's. Me and another boat were what he would call "Mad at them". I checked the Wx report on my phone and it said 11-14mph winds. Well I am not using weatherbug anymore. Anything in the 25mph plus I dont mind fishing protected. Above this you are taking chances with your life. Never seen waves that big in a boat on freshwater ever. Me and the other boat moved from Silver Lake marina to Farris branch at 6pm, and it was flat out big boy water.. His 20ft boat just worked thru them nose up, never got wet. I finessed my 18ft boat thru them and hugged the bank, and semi protected areas.. Was a molment I will not forget.. Got video, doesn't do the waves justice but is a sight to see. Swells inside the marina is something I have not seen before.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Douglas J]
#13928460
03/19/21 12:20 PM
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T Bird
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I go when it's favorable and don't when I do not want to go. Retirement has it's advantages Plus 1
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: T Bird]
#13928461
03/19/21 12:23 PM
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F4 Gator
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I go when it's favorable and don't when I do not want to go. Retirement has it's advantages Plus 1 x 2
Phormer Phantom Phlyer
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928476
03/19/21 12:37 PM
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Tx Tree Grower
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Every spring I consider going back to a center console because of the wind. 20+ wasn't even a second thought when I had a good v hull center console. In my bass boat anything over 15 is out if I'm fun fishing. The bass boat won't sink but it sure beats the hell out of you in anything 15-20mph. If I'm getting ready for a tournament I just go and figure it out pretty much regardless of the wind. It's still mind blowing to me that really nobody makes a hybrid type boat with a true v hull and a bass boat style deck layout. Still seems to me that would be the perfect boat for these big Texas lakes.
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Re: Enough is Enough !!
[Re: Rutster]
#13928512
03/19/21 01:12 PM
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Posts: 3,050
Txduckhunter
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What wind? I'm fortunate to live in E. Tx and have a couple of dozen lakes within an hours drive. I can always find something to fish.
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