What's the biggest wave you ever saw on Kentucky lake ? Wind blown or boat wave?
Waves on Kty
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Smo
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Probably 4' rolling along the tressel at Danville…
Combination of the ferry & wind..
Combination of the ferry & wind..
I've got a buddy that got caught in waves that bridged a 19' bass boat. He said he'd ride up to the crest and hammer the gas on the back side,a white knuckle ride for sure.
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Legit 6 footers.
Scared the bejesus out of me.
Luckily @tophat was driving his phoenix at the time.
Another friend crossed the channel a couple hours later and he said they were up to 7' then.
North wind is not a good wind on ky lake.
Scared the bejesus out of me.
Luckily @tophat was driving his phoenix at the time.
Another friend crossed the channel a couple hours later and he said they were up to 7' then.
North wind is not a good wind on ky lake.
Pretty good rollers that day
JCDEERMAN
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High North or south winds on KY will sure produce some good ones. I've avoided messing around with that.
Well dang. I was planning on going up in late october for fall crappie and stay in a clients cabin. I dont want no part of those kind of waves
Don't let it scare you. I hunted and fished it for many years in a boat smaller than yours. There are days it is as calm as a farm pond. But, you do need to watch the weather forecasts. Much wind from the N or S and it can get rough in a hurry.
And, there are a bunch of access points on the lake in some protected bays, so, there aren't many days you couldn't find somewhere safe to fish.
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Bad enough that I wish I could forget some days. Trolling motors blowing apart, electronics mounts ripping out of the deck, boats full of water and soaking wet, can only see land when you crest over a wave, etc. Seems like a big north wind and a strong south current make for the most violent trips.
It can catch you off guard at times. It can be completely fine and as you travel up/down river you can get lined up with the wind and suddenly it goes from glass to rollers.
It can catch you off guard at times. It can be completely fine and as you travel up/down river you can get lined up with the wind and suddenly it goes from glass to rollers.
the winds arent the worry in the fall. have some good maps and study them, and remember, this lake was built out of farmland, cleared timber stands and small towns. there is the main channel, then all of those places barely covered by water.
like SCN said, there are plenty of creeks with ramps to get out of the wind.
TheLBLman
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Most days, there will be no problem with high winds & waves.
On those days where wind/waves are a concern, simply limit your excursion to fishing in a major bay, and choose one protected from whichever way the wind is expected. Most of the bays offer good protection from a north wind.
What you don't want is to be either on east or west shore, then need to cross main channel or run up/down it in high winds. High water can also be dangerous in main channel. I sure wouldn't want to be running it this morning after all the rain last night. Bet there are some big logs there now.
Awesome info guys thank you. Planning late october- usually pretty stable weather. Know nothing about it other than its a canin on ky lake with its own dock. Looks like its in a small
Cove.
Cove.
I don't know what the biggest waves I have been in. Seen them big enough at Danville coming through the gap where you weren't going to get it on plane at all in any bass boat. The worst wind is a NW wind from Paris south to richland. The main channel runs back to the northwest mainly and it will rearrange your testicles with a 5-10 mph NW wind. If its out of the NE in that stretch, you can run the east side of the channel and its not nearly as bad. 15 mph you better forget about it. A 10 mph south wind will get rough but its not nerve racking until its 10-20 mph out of the south.
