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Originally Posted by latravcha
It is all about knowing your boat, what it can handle and when to throw in the towel before $hit hits the fan and head north. I have been in Caillou bay between bird island and the pass and had squalls come up and seen it go from flat calm to four foot seas in less than tem minutes and that is not technically the gulf. I have run 12 miles out in a 22 foot boat but like said many times pick your days carefully. I find that running out at night gives you more opportunities to make it out if you are comfortable with that.
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In my experience the gulf tends to kick up at night. And I NEVER run at night out there. You wouldn't believe the stuff they have floating out there and un manned unlighted well heads. Some people do but I won't. If I have to navigate at night out there I'll throw some rods out and troll around. Nothing faster than trolling speed(6) mph.