Quinte Fishing

how much wind is too much wind to be fishing Quinte, looking at heading down in a couple weeks and will be keeping an eye on windfinder to figure out which days would be best. I have about a 3hour drive down and really don't want to be there in crazy winds like the last couple days we've had up here.....


Thanks

Pitt, what size boat ?

Al

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Captain - Team ATOMMIK/Rockets

What do you have for a boat ?? the good thing about the bay is, its a huge area, there is a ton of protected area's, so if its storming hard like 35 kmh, winds, there is calm water some where, and you could catch a monster any where, just less likely in some area's compared to others. i fish lake ontario, its the same deal, lots of water, and lot of protected area's, i just plan where i am fishing based on what the weather is spose to be, and allways have a back up spot if plan "A" isnt a go.

these area's should be flat (when storming else where), but use your own due dilagence,

Napanee river, there is decent launch in napanee, water normaly stays calm, water is currently way down, so be sure to stay in the channel when running. the river has good bass fishing, there might be a chance for salmon, and diffently walleye.

Deseronto bay, There is a good launch in deseronto, not sure if the dock will still be in.
this launch gives you good access to lots of fishing area's, the area north of island normaly is flat water, but if you go past the island it will be what ever the weather conditions are.
we used to ice fish alot north of that island (in the 90's), allways did well.

size of boat and where you are planning on launching would be key... if its east or west wind, long reach is sheltered, north or south adolph reach is pretty good unless its 25+ km/h, picton bay is a good place to hide as is hay bay.

I personally dont enjoy more than 20km/h in my 17ft boat but thats comfort not safety. all depends where you want to launch and if your flixible you can easily find a spot to fish...

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Bob MacMillan
Owner/Operator
Kingston Sport Fishing
https://kingstonsportfishing.ca/

I have a 16 Tracker Deep V with a 60HP boat, was looking at fishing around the ferry and cement plant...

Usually wind is blowing from the West. Anything under 20 is good. Anything over that gets difficult to control the boat. But like others have said, check which way the wind is blowing and look at google map to find the sheltered areas that have access to deep water. There has been many times that the wind is going west 25+ but the ferry area is quite calm as its "around the corner" so to speak. I find the cement plant always seems to be choppy unless a direct north wind.

Try to stay off the water if over 30 unless you have a big boat and/or a good sheltered area. I was by the bay yesterday and you could have surfed across. Search on google for bay of quinte wind forecast before heading out.

I stick to the 20KM and under too here is the link ..... http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/trenton_bay_og_quinte