Thread: Got one brewing out there

It's name is Danny. Mght want to get the weather sticks out to make sure it goes into the Atlantic and not the Gulf. https://www.facebook.com/NationalHur...412405/?type=1

We'll have to keep an eye on him for sure over the next few days.

No worries (for now at least)...
It is forecast to weaken early next week as it approaches the Caribbean islands and wouldn't reach the GoM until at least next weekend.
In whatever form (even as a tropical wave, it could possibly affect our weather at the end of this month IF it enters the Gulf.
Not very likely at this juncture as strong SW wind shear should tear it apart or curve it up into the Atlantic.

Originally Posted by Pier#r

No worries (for now at least)...
It is forecast to weaken early next week as it approaches the Caribbean islands and wouldn't reach the GoM until at least next weekend.
In whatever form (even as a tropical wave, it could possibly affect our weather at the end of this month IF it enters the Gulf.
Not very likely at this juncture as strong SW wind shear should tear it apart or curve it up into the Atlantic.

Ok, let's get down to the important stuff.

When storm systems do come into the gulf, what effect does it have on the fishing in places that aren't within the area of landfall, high waves, etc.? Just say it crosses the keys and goes back up into the Atlantic, or it swings west to Mexico. What happens in GS/OB?

Understand, I don't mean to make light of a potentially dangerous situation for those that might be in the path, I just happen to respect your knowledge of storm behavior, just as I respect your knowledge of fishing. You've lived it.

I worked side-by-side with meteorologists in a previous career. I found that I could predict what would happen in my area just as accurately as they could (where major storms were involved), as they had gone to school and grown up in opposite corners of the country. I even made a buck here and there as I consistently got quality tornado footage that nobody else could get.

Thoughts anyone?

No way to tell, depends on what time of year, the conditions in our area and the amount of swell, long-range feeder bands and winds that the storm generates.

A storm down in the keys wont effect us unless its massive. But one crossing east to west and going into Mexico could still generate huge swells.

I have learned that high swells and rough surf can make for some excellent fishing in the surf as more bait gets exposed on and around the sand bars. I have done well in those conditions provided the water remains somewhat clear. If the water gets really cloudy stay home unless you like catfish.

Big Dawg got it, except he should have emphasized, "provided the water remains somewhat clear." That's one of the worst effects from a distant tropical event. There may not be a breath of wind, but those big old rollers will come in, pounding the beach, raising the tides, churning up the sediment and driving every hardhead catfish that ever lived into the Gulf.

I remember from when I was running charters back in the 70's, we had strong tropical storm come through that lasted several days. I figured I was going to kick butt with the snapper when I could finally get out. (Remember this was back in the days before limits, when snapper were hard to come by, the boats were slow and we were still using Loran A and paper fathometers.) Snapper tend to move around in a big storm and gather up on the larger spots, which are the easiest to find and the ones fished the hardest.

I took off early for the Wallace ship and was the first one there. My heart went pitter-patter when I saw the huge show of fish on the fathometer---that is until my six fishermen dropped down with three hook rigs and came up with eighteen stud hardhead catfish. It pretty much went like that all day and we had to do a lot of culling to get a mess of the real thing. Every spot I tried was loaded with kitty-cats---didn't know there could be that many in the Gulf.

Ahhh---The good old days.