I really wanted to take the kayak out this past Saturday. So much so that i put it up on the car roof Friday night in preparation for an early Sat outing. I even thought of chiming in with the group that was going to Kent Island early Saturday because I have never been out with anyone else and learning by trial and error is a steep learning curve!
Anyway, I went to the NOAA posting on this forum and linked to the NOAA site. Basically there was a "small craft advisory" till 6pm on everything from Fort Smallwood to at least the middle bay. Ok, maybe I won't go then, I thought. Even when I woke up at 6 am, the weather didn't look bad at my house. But then I thought maybe it's bad down on the water? So I didn't go ... based on the NOAA weather report.
That's all good, but I just saw the pics from someone took from a Saturday excursion near Kent Island. The water looks like glass!! I don't think I've ever been out when it's that calm!
My question: Am I reading the NOAA reports wrong? Are there some hints or factors that I should look at when deciding whether to be deterred by the weather report. I can't see the water from my house, so I really have nothing else to base whether I should go or not on except the weather report, so I'm hoping that you may have some advice that can help me to not miss good fishing days in the future, or drive for miles for nothing on bad days, or spend all of my discretionary budget on lures like I did this weekend because I didn't fish.
P.S.: Bonus dumb question: When one of you comments that the water is bad when winds are blowing south, does that mean wind blowing "from the south" (which would means they blow northward) or "to the south" (which means they blow southward)? And second, on the weather reports when they read "Winds south at xyz knots, for example, do they likewise mean "to" or "from" the South.
Sorry for the long post. I'm sincere in my questions. Thanks for any help.
P.P.S: I notice that Kent island pics were not from Saturday, but I still have my questions. Thanks.
Anyway, I went to the NOAA posting on this forum and linked to the NOAA site. Basically there was a "small craft advisory" till 6pm on everything from Fort Smallwood to at least the middle bay. Ok, maybe I won't go then, I thought. Even when I woke up at 6 am, the weather didn't look bad at my house. But then I thought maybe it's bad down on the water? So I didn't go ... based on the NOAA weather report.
That's all good, but I just saw the pics from someone took from a Saturday excursion near Kent Island. The water looks like glass!! I don't think I've ever been out when it's that calm!
My question: Am I reading the NOAA reports wrong? Are there some hints or factors that I should look at when deciding whether to be deterred by the weather report. I can't see the water from my house, so I really have nothing else to base whether I should go or not on except the weather report, so I'm hoping that you may have some advice that can help me to not miss good fishing days in the future, or drive for miles for nothing on bad days, or spend all of my discretionary budget on lures like I did this weekend because I didn't fish.
P.S.: Bonus dumb question: When one of you comments that the water is bad when winds are blowing south, does that mean wind blowing "from the south" (which would means they blow northward) or "to the south" (which means they blow southward)? And second, on the weather reports when they read "Winds south at xyz knots, for example, do they likewise mean "to" or "from" the South.
Sorry for the long post. I'm sincere in my questions. Thanks for any help.
P.P.S: I notice that Kent island pics were not from Saturday, but I still have my questions. Thanks.
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