03-28-2017, 01:03 AM
Unless you can pick and choose weekends with bluebird skies, I wouldn't go out of Cottonwood with back issues. More than once I've stuck it out in coves waiting for the wind to settle down, so I didn't get beat to #ell going back to the marina...
And even if the weather is "supposed to be" nice with little wind, the weathermen lies. Been down there in my little boat when it was supposed to be no wind, and the lake turned into a washing machine.
I'd go to Katherine's Landing instead, at least the prevailing south winds shouldn't get you down there.
Greg was wondering about Willow VS Cottonwood. I've been at Cottonwood with 2-3'ers from the south, and motored up to Willow where it was dead calm.
I picked up several FAT smallmouth fishing for big stripers down around Cottonwood, and that's what I'd target if not going for stripers. Dink stripers can be had soaking bait in deep coves, even in the middle of the day, just have to find them.
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And even if the weather is "supposed to be" nice with little wind, the weathermen lies. Been down there in my little boat when it was supposed to be no wind, and the lake turned into a washing machine.
I'd go to Katherine's Landing instead, at least the prevailing south winds shouldn't get you down there.
Greg was wondering about Willow VS Cottonwood. I've been at Cottonwood with 2-3'ers from the south, and motored up to Willow where it was dead calm.
I picked up several FAT smallmouth fishing for big stripers down around Cottonwood, and that's what I'd target if not going for stripers. Dink stripers can be had soaking bait in deep coves, even in the middle of the day, just have to find them.
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