Guntersville Wind/conditions

[PotomacBassin]

I'm hoping someone with some experience at Guntersville can give me a little input. I'm going to Guntersville this week from Virginia and I wanted to know what to look out for as far as wind and how the lake is affected by wind.  Here on the Potomac, a southerly wind over 15-20 mph with an outgoing tide can be pretty intense with 2-3 foot swells. 

 

How bad is the lake affected by wind and is there any threshold that I should look out for in the forecast (10, 15, 20 mph, etc). Is there any direction of wind that affects the lake more?    

 

Thanks a bunch and I hope to see some of you out there. 

[BamaBoy5]

I fish guntersville almost every weekend and if theres high winds it can make fishing real difficult. I usually try to find a creek out of the wind if possible. If you dont mind me asking where do you plan on launching from?

[PotomacBassin]

I fish guntersville almost every weekend and if theres high winds it can make fishing real difficult. I usually try to find a creek out of the wind if possible. If you dont mind me asking where do you plan on launching from?

 

 

By the Bestwestern Plus (southern end of the lake).  How big of wakes are we talking about when it starts to get dicey?  The weather's not looking as good as I was hoping for months ago.  It looks like a cold front is coming through only for the days I'm going to be there.  

[BamaBoy5]

Well ive seen four feet swells before but its mainly on the main channel. Theres a lot of pockets and creeks to fish so it shouldnt be to hard to find somewhere to fish. Im not really familiar with that part of the lake i usually fish more up river but i did look at the weather and like you said it sure aint looking to hot. All i can suggest is jerkbaits, traps, and an a rig just from weeks past. The water temps been holding steady in the mid 50s for the last couple of weeks though. Hope some of this helped.

[PotomacBassin]

Well ive seen four feet swells before but its mainly on the main channel. Theres a lot of pockets and creeks to fish so it shouldnt be to hard to find somewhere to fish. Im not really familiar with that part of the lake i usually fish more up river but i did look at the weather and like you said it sure aint looking to hot. All i can suggest is jerkbaits, traps, and an a rig just from weeks past. The water temps been holding steady in the mid 50s for the last couple of weeks though. Hope some of this helped.

It does help.  So what do you consider a high wind here?  20+?  Four feet is pretty unsafe.  How often does that happen?  I'm seriously considering not even taking the boat now. 

[BamaBoy5]

Yea im not trying to scare you out of fishing because i havent seen it happen but a couple of times but there has been a front come thru the last two weekends and we have fished. There was 15 to 20 mph winds. What days are you coming?

[BamaBoy5]

There was a highschool tournament this past weekend with 210 boats and 20 to 30 mph winds so i think you would be fine.

[PotomacBassin]

Yea im not trying to scare you out of fishing because i havent seen it happen but a couple of times but there has been a front come thru the last two weekends and we have fished. There was 15 to 20 mph winds. What days are you coming?

I'll be fishing Saturday, Monday and Tuesday.  Maybe Sunday morning (hopefully). 

[BamaBoy5]

The weather for monday and tuesday looks good. I think its supposed to storm sunday according to the weather man but i think you will be fine. Im sure i will be fishing saturday or sunday one.