Ouch!! Weekend Weather ...

fish assassin · 04-04-2003, 05:27 AM

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM
230 AM PST FRI APR 4 2003

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA BAR...

.TODAY...W WIND 15 KT EXCEPT EAST WIND 15 KT NEAR SHORE EARLY.
WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 7 TO 9 FT AT 10 SECONDS. SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT...BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 8 FT AT 10 SECONDS. SHOWERS.
.SAT...S WIND 20 KT...RISING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 7 TO 8 FT AT 10 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING THEN RAIN DEVELOPING.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT...BECOMING SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 10 FT. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS.
.SUN...S WIND 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. NW SWELL 10 FT. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.
.MON...S WIND 35 KT. COMBINED SEAS 14 FT.
.TUE...S WIND 25 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 12 FT.

Oh Man, I was REALLY hoping that it would look better than this. Oh,
well, I guess it's time for some of that nasty "M" stuff (maintenance).
At least I'll be down at the boat in case the weather guessers are
wrong so I can go out and play in'n they are! :grin:

-assAssin-

Pilar · 04-04-2003, 07:33 AM

The more I think about it the more I realize how lucky we were for the nice weather last weekend.

The 'M' word should not be a bad word. I'd much rather burn a big ocean weekend polishing the cannonball than a Tuna weekend on a breakdown.

fish assassin · 04-04-2003, 08:34 AM

Roger *that* Pilar!!

Tuna, Tuna, Tuna, ...

-assAssin-

Mark Mc · 04-04-2003, 08:53 PM

Arrived at Newport 10:30 this am. There was no wind, just a glassy swell. At about 1 pm wind picked up & blew for the rest of the day. At least one report from private boat that the blacks bit well on the nearshore reefs.

Joe · 04-05-2003, 12:19 PM

I was surprized to see a Depoe Bay charter boat pulling up behind Haystack Rock this morning.

The fishing must really be slow down south to come that far on a day like this.

Geez it really got nasty this afternoon that must have been some ride home. :shocked:

[ 04-05-2003, 10:18 PM: Message edited by: Joe ]

fish assassin · 04-07-2003, 05:25 AM

Joe,

That was the Kadaho, a fifty foot Delta that is very W-I-D-E. There
were several of the charter boats out of Depoe Bay Saturday morning
and they were catching lots of blacks and a few lings just North of
port. I heard Kadaho say that he wasn't going to need any fish filleters
when he got back from his trip to PC. I suspect that the current was running
way too strong up there for them to get their baits down to the fish.

I left port Saturday morning thinking that I might get a little Chinook
fishing in, but only made it out to about 3/4 of a mile past the second
bouy before calling it a day. I could tell that it wasn't gonna be a lot
of fun out there!! Half hour after I got back in, the rain started and didn't
let up for the next six and a half hours! I guess that mainenance stuff is
just going to have to wait until NEXT weekend! :grin: :grin:

I went up on "Chicken Point" to watch the boats go out after I had
come back in and saw the deck hand on Enterprise (a 54' delta) nearly
get washed off the back deck! *THAT* was pretty scary!! Carl, the
deckhand off the Tackle Buster had gone out (and back in) with me
Saturday and looked at me and said "we actually went OUT in that?".
The expresion on his face was classic!

-assAssin-

DriftR · 04-07-2003, 10:20 AM

Did it rain or what on Saturday at Newport and Depoe Bay? Went to the coast via Corvallis heading to Kernville to check up on the house. Wind was blowing and rain coming hard. Looked like sheep out in the deep blue. Assassin, saw you boat in port as we crossed the Depoe bridge. One of the hardest rains
I've seen lately. On top of that for some weird reason my truck wipers stop in the heaviest downpour out on Hwy 20 by Chitwood. Lots of fun when that happens.

DriftR · 04-07-2003, 02:47 PM

Miss B,
It's a Chev ck2500 98. I bought that baby brand new and its been a good truck. But what a day that was on Saturday in those down pours. Your right, the wiper just kinda studdered, then worked a little longer and then quit. I checked the fuse, the connection on the wiper module and everything was fine. So I took out the fuse, took my dog lead leash and tied it around both wiper arms and each end through the side windows and yarded those wipers until I could get home. Calling the Chev dealer right after this post. Thanks for the heads up.

Dynamite · 04-07-2003, 03:19 PM

My 98 chev 1500 did the same thing and yes you do have to replace the motor. The wiper motor that is. I also just had the injector pump replaced and it had a 100,000 mile warranty on it. Runs like new now and I can see.

Joe · 04-07-2003, 08:47 PM

Thanks for the report Assassin. I hope to get a decent ocean on my days off one of these weeks. :depressed: Then there will be a little North River bobbing around off Boiler Bay.

Miss B Haven · 04-07-2003, 11:08 PM

Hey DriftR - IF you've got a GMC/Chev I jsut got a sort of recall notice on mine for the wipers failing either intermittent or permanent. Mine went out about 2 years ago off and on (only when it rains of course). I finally figuered out it was the intermittent relay and replaced the motor (can't replace the relay!!). Anywho- THey'll fix it for free (and pay me back if I can find the receipt). [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img]