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[*] posted on 3-9-2005 at 08:37 AM


Doc at Camp Gecko will tell you that clouds hugging the top of the sierra ridge indicate wind will come that day... all the fishermen use that as a sign to stay off the gulf.



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[*] posted on 3-10-2005 at 12:51 PM


David------

I too have heard that indicator given, and have used it exclusively over the past 45 years to avoid the outer bay when it is seen. Even in a 14 foot Gregor the sea can become really exciting if you get caught out there in a big blow. We stay on shore, or very close to it, when the clowds hug the Sierra tops at BOLA. If caught at sea when the Big Blow comes we always head for the lee of one of the islands and hang out until it subsides. If no island is nearby, then we head into the waves, position yourself amidships using an extension handle on the outboard (the wind can flip you end over end), maintaining minimum control and forward motion with the engine, and turn on the bilge pump (if you do not have a partner to bail with a bucket), and wait it out in this mode until it subsides. Life is always interesting at BOLA, and we never fight the weather!! Go with the flow, and stay alert!!!

We have never encountered the fog spoken of, tho. That would be bazaar!!! Barry
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