Haven't heard if they plan on fishing into Monday or cut this one short and finishing up on Sunday

 

 

PALATKA, Fla. — B.A.S.S. officials made a decision to cancel the first day of competition on the St. Johns River today after the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a wind advisory making the fishery unsafe for boaters. The wind advisory is calling for winds 15-25 m.p.h. with gusts over 40.

“Safety for our anglers and Marshals is our primary concern,” said Trip Weldon, Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament Director. “We have been monitoring the weather closely, and had discussions with NWS last night and this morning to see if the weather situation would change.

“Beginning this morning and into the afternoon, the wind was just going to be too high to safely be on the water.”

Competition in the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River is expected to resume Friday morning when the field of 88 anglers launches at 7:15 a.m. from Palatka Riverfront Park.

 

A-Jay

 

Is it normal to cancel due to wind only?  I looked at the weather there and it looks like 10 mph sustained winds with just over 20 mph gusts.  That doesn't sound all that extreme.  We don't cancel kayak tourneys for wind like that.

Wind advisory there today.  Winds 20 gusting to 35.  

After that poor guy died on Okechobee a few years back, the rules changed.  6 foot waves just plain suck anyway.

They only did this to mess with the BPT that starts tomorrow

 

Good for them. Safety on the water is nothing to take lightly. They put way too many people on the water to take unnecessary risks. 

They are planning on fishing Monday with a shortened day , 2:00 I believe. 

38 minutes ago, scaleface said:

They are planning on fishing Monday with a shortened day , 2:00 I believe. 

I also confirmed the same from the BASS site. Additionally .... Drew Benton headed for home this morning (5hr drive), after they induced labor on his wife as she was having some issues. The natural birth day was expected 2/28, but if all goes well with his new son and wife, he may show up in the morning to fish!

42 minutes ago, Jim- Indiana said:

I also confirmed the same from the BASS site. Additionally .... Drew Benton headed for home this morning (5hr drive), after they induced labor on his wife as she was having some issues. The natural birth day was expected 2/28, but if all goes well with his new son and wife, he may show up in the morning to fish!

Hopefully, everything goes OK for Drew, his wife and their newborn!!

Smart play after what happened last time it was gusty down there

16 hours ago, BassNJake said:

Hopefully, everything goes OK for Drew, his wife and their newborn!!

The good news is that Drew's new son Colt, and his wife are doing fine! Lucky for him, Friday's action is again cancelled, so he can stick around today, and get ready for Sat, Sun, Mon action!

23 minutes ago, Jim- Indiana said:

The good news is that Drew's new son Colt, and his wife are doing fine! Lucky for him, Friday's action is again cancelled, so he can stick around today, and get ready for Sat, Sun, Mon action!

Crazy start to the new season ~

A-Jay

I have fished a couple tournaments where I wish they would have canceled due to high wind. At least two of those times we quit before noon because you couldn't even hold the boat still on any part of the lake. I try to stay off our larger bodies of water (Texoma and Eufaula) when I know it's going to be windy, but when there was a tourney there we had no choice but to try. Just glad I fish for fun now so I can call the shots. LOL

3 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I have fished a couple tournaments where I wish they would have canceled due to high wind. At least two of those times we quit before noon because you couldn't even hold the boat still on any part of the lake. I try to stay off our larger bodies of water (Texoma and Eufaula) when I know it's going to be windy, but when there was a tourney there we had no choice but to try. Just glad I fish for fun now so I can call the shots. LOL

Amen. Driving a boat in waves has never been fun for me . I went to the ocean they call Pickwick once........ I lived but two guys didn't

Well, the positive news is after two days, I am tied for the lead in points in Fantasy Fishing...with 29,999 other people.

Wind blew pretty good today down here on the St. John’s near lake Monroe. 

6 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

Well, the positive news is after two days, I am tied for the lead in points in Fantasy Fishing...with 29,999 other people.

I'm in last place again this year . Its getting old .

Well John cox and Chris zaldain only caught one fish a piece. At least the one cox caught was almost 7 lbs

https://m.bassmaster.com/video/watch-kyle-welcher-catch-10-pounder

 

^ hand to hand combat. I hope I get to experience that one day 

Was good to see him reach down and lip that toad, instead of flipping into the boat and flop around..

That was awesome!