Is the weather that time of year (April 1) typically good or bad in your experience?
Wayne has corroborated what everyone else said, but here is the gist of it:
Wait until the Weather Underground reports come out Mar 21 before making the final commitment to LP over Easter.
Their long-range reports are typically good according to our resident expert W.G.
Further more, Wayne stated that there is typically a warming trend that first week or so of April, but the fishing doesn't really take off until after the inevitable Cold-Front that comes through mid-to-late April, warming up for good by the last week of April, first week of May.
I plan four or five trips to LP this year. So perhaps I can learn from experience whether or not this advice holds true and see first hand the contrast of temperatures, wind, waves, crowds, in context to fishing and the overall experience.
The one single thing I'm concerned about is wind and storms.
We were out there in Padre Bay last season when a HUGE storm came in, we high-tailed it to Wahweap, but it hit us before we could make it back.
We were nearly swamped a few times, with waves coming completely over the bow and almost over the windshield while the rain was pouring down so hard the boat filled with 6" of rain and the bilge (100gph) was cranking the entire time with a solid stream shooting out the side of the boat.
I think the only thing that saved us was the fact I had the bow-canvas on, which kept most of the large breakers from sinking us.
That said, in hind-sight it probably would have been wiser to find a beach and wait it out, but then again, maybe we made the right choice because the 50mph winds might have done more damage to us and the boat than risking the ride to the Marina.
