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Fishermans Rest, Florida
8 September 2017 - 10 September 2017
29.7333° N, 83.5333° W

2017-09-08 03:45 EDT 3.62 feet High Tide
2017-09-08 07:15 EDT Sunrise
2017-09-08 09:26 EDT Moonset
2017-09-08 10:05 EDT 0.41 feet Low Tide
2017-09-08 16:06 EDT 3.81 feet High Tide
2017-09-08 19:47 EDT Sunset
2017-09-08 21:37 EDT Moonrise
2017-09-08 22:25 EDT 0.45 feet Low Tide
2017-09-09 04:13 EDT 3.68 feet High Tide
2017-09-09 07:15 EDT Sunrise
2017-09-09 10:27 EDT Moonset
2017-09-09 10:45 EDT 0.29 feet Low Tide
2017-09-09 16:51 EDT 3.66 feet High Tide
2017-09-09 19:46 EDT Sunset
2017-09-09 22:17 EDT Moonrise
2017-09-09 22:58 EDT 0.67 feet Low

Saturday
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Gusts to 35 knots late in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet with occasional seas up to 6 feet. Protected waters choppy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Jumptrout51 wrote:STEINHATCHEE
September 8&9



Friday
Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Friday Night
NE wind around 10 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
Saturday
NE wind 10 to 15 kt. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas 1 ft or less.

For someone who doesn't trust the government, you sure do put a lot of stock into the most rudimentary official forecasts out there. And let me quote your next response in advance: Pfffftttt!

Where is that forecast from?

The forecast I use are from this site...[url][http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... bpFw5t/url]

Expand the map on this page.
Then double click your cursor in the location for your forecast.
Most inshore fishermen will fish 1 mile or less from shore.
I choose approximately 1/2 mile offshore for the forecast.
The forecast I posted here was taken in front of Steinhatchee river about 1/2 mile out.

The other post above about big wind and big waves is for OFFSHORE.

Wunderground Forecast

That forecast is for shore out to 20 nautical miles.

Apalachee Bay Or Coastal Waters From Keaton Beach To Ochlockonee
River Fl Out To 20 Nm-
Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee River To Apalachicola Fl Out To
20 Nm-
Coastal Waters From Suwannee River To Keaton Beach Out 20 Nm-
Waters From Suwannee River To Apalachicola Fl From 20 To 60 Nm-

If the tournament is held, let us know which forecast was the most accurate.

You're not likely to have 6 foot waves inshore with a NE wind.

Steinhatchee tournament day should be fine.
The storm should still be just off the coast of CUBA.

Ya'll have fun, I'll be sitting this one out.

I was finally off again for one but think we'll be sitting it out too.

They were showing tropical storm winds up in the big bend area on Saturday. Not a risk I'm willing to take.

The September tournament has been postponed until Saturday October 7th, I have just received word from a Steinhatchee city official that they will be closing the ramps on Saturday Morning to the public and will only be for emergency use.

So is the St.Marks tournament going to slide back to Nov. 4 ?

A fellow me and Chuck know from down that way told us two days ago that we would be in the way if we were using the ramps because of the locals getting their equipment out of there I guess he was right . Well at least now maybe we'll have more than 4 boats in it

Gulf Coast wrote:So is the St.Marks tournament going to slide back to Nov. 4 ?

good question I would sure think so

Gulf Coast wrote:So is the St.Marks tournament going to slide back to Nov. 4 ?

From my understanding, this is what Chris would like to do. Which is move Steinhatchee (redfish) tourney back to October and then push the St. Marks tourney back to Nov 4. He was going to have Hammaknockers bring food and wants to do it at Capt. Mike's place. I think this makes the most sense as well rather than just moving the Stein back to Nov.