April 26th Kent Sign-up

[Durand Dan]

The earlier the better for me. I'm old and can't sleep anyway

[Mojo]

 

OK We drop boats in at 7 am !!

Who wants to do the pairing up ? 

TOM OF COURSE there is a great turn out - We've been waiting all winter !!!!!!!!!

I plan to throw wide wobble cranks, rattle traps, suspending jerks unless they are on the beds ......... then we go stealth !!!

If anyone is fishing the opposite - Id like to fish part of the morning with you. I am looking to learn like a sponge this year.

[MIBassKid]

Can't make it Saturday  If there is a boater that would like to return out there Sunday morning PM me. Last year at this time it was a top water Walk-The-Dog style bait for smallies FYI!
-Kid

[motocross269]

I can't make it Saturday...It looks like we are going to have an earlier than usual start time on Saturday at Work...I am bummed..I need to put some more time on the Boat before I hit LSC and Kent lake would have given me a chance to check out my New TM and other electronics...

[Revtro]

Ok, here's where we're at as far as I can tell:

Boaters:
Revtro
Seth
Jack
Durand Dan
Dartag
Bender
Mark

Non-boaters:
DeGraeve
GeeDavid
Mojo
Shane
Wolf Fisherman
Northern Bass Bum??
Mike Mcgraine
Eric Kennedy
Sensei Steve

That's 7 boaters and 9 non-boaters. 

[EKennedy]

Hi all...I'll be a boater.  Then everybody should be even up.  See ya bright and early. 

[Northern Bass Bum]

I'll be there as a co-angler/non-boater. I will probably be riding with Bender to start.

If you have any questions or updates, please E-Maile me at:

shotgunner93@hotmail.com

Thanks,

-Dane 

[GeeDavid]

Looks like I'm going have to back out.  My son is in the hospital and not sure if he will be out by then.  Have fun.

[Revtro]

Sorry to hear your son is not well.  I hope it's nothing too serious.  Prayers sent.

[dartag]

drove around after work today.  water is stained and it was windy and rough.  walked some shore and did see quite a few fish near stumps and rocks.  only saw one bass boat on the main lake.  water temp was 60 in one of the back bays.  lots of goo floating on the water.  be ready for a good bath tub ring on the boat.  fishing should be great on Saturday. 
hoping for bright sun to see better.  anything you can do about that Rev??.

[Revtro]

Don't I wish.   

[Langer]

Is there room for me on someones boat?  Looks like I will be able to fish for a couple hours in the morning before the in-laws show up.  I would bring my boat but with all the travel I have been doing lately I haven't had time to get out and ready yet...

[Bender]

There should be no problem, I think we are 1 to 1 right now so there is plenty of room. Hope to see you there.

[dartag]

Is there room for me on someones boat?  Looks like I will be able to fish for a couple hours in the morning before the in-laws show up.  I would bring my boat but with all the travel I have been doing lately I haven't had time to get out and ready yet...

you can ride in my boat if you want.   i am planning on starting close to the launch.  was going to run to erie but it looks like it will be windy tomorrow.

[Langer]

Cool!  See you guys tomorrow morning.

[Revtro]

Yeah, I was gonna make that long run from Kent to Erie as well, but the wind talked me out of it. 

[SethV]

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a west southwest wind between 16 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.


Looking like a tough day for the sight-bite, but they should be whacking lipless cranks!

[Revtro]

Yeah, saw that on the news this morning.  Doesn't it just figure!  Every year our opener is rainy, windy, and often colder.  Why oh why couldn't we have had last Saturday's weather?     

[EKennedy]

Just in case anybody's interested here's the latest discussion as of Friday am...from my friends at the NWS White Lake office...The caps DO NOT mean anybody's yelling...they always type these in caps.  Here's the link...since I teach meteorology...I think it's the shiznit! Best site for ALL the details and info. 

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/

THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REST OF SE MICHIGAN SATURDAY MORNING WITH SHOWERS LIKELY ALONG AND SHORTLY BEHIND IT. WE WILL BE AT THE MINIMUM ON INSTABILITY BUT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS POSSIBILITY IS BASED JUST ON THE DYNAMICS AVAILABLE IN THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND THE STRENGTH
OF THE FRONTAL FORCING. SPEAKING OF THE FRONTAL STRENGTH, EXPECT THE WIND BEHIND THE FRONT TO QUICKLY GET ONE`S ATTENTION AS GUSTS COULD APPROACH 40 MPH. MODEL FIELDS SUPPORT THIS WITH A 4 TO 6 MB 3 HOUR PRESSURE RISE BEHIND THE FRONT AND A SUBSTANTIAL ISALLOBARIC WIND COMPONENT ACTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE GRADIENT WIND.
ADDITIONALLY, MODEL CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE SEVERAL THETA/THETA-E SURFACES INTERSECTING THE GROUND, ALTHOUGH IN A RELATIVELY SHALLOW FASHION, BUT STILL TAPPING INTO SOME 40 KNOT WINDS. THE STRONG LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION ALSO SUPPORTS EXPECTATIONS OF STRONG
DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSPORT WITH 850 MB TEMPS DROPPING FROM AROUND 10C AT 12Z SATURDAY TO NEAR 0C BY 18Z. THIS, ALONG WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF STRATOCU CLOUD COVER, WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES CONFINED TO THE LOWER END OF THE GUIDANCE RANGE, THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.

THE 00Z MODEL RUNS SHOW THINGS SETTLING DOWN CONSIDERABLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY AS SE MICHIGAN ENDS UP BETWEEN SYSTEMS.

[dartag]

never heard Sunny Elliot talk that way.   thanks for the report.  good thing about Kent is lots of islands and bays to hide in.  most should have fish near shore.