Other than freezing weather, this is the #2 foe to fisherman. And there is alot of it this year.

This might be off topic slightly, but I thought it would be important for everyone to know... especially tournament fishermen

The extremely dry air in the texas/plains area with La Nina weather pattern has essentially caused Tornado Alley to shift this part of the year. Normally this is the weather that happens in the middle of corn filled Nebraska.

Friday appears to have another severe weather event. Even worse, alot of meterologists and amatuers have been looking at Easter through mid-week as a major event. Amatuers tend to project larger expectations out of eagerness, so take it for what its worth but it seems to be a consensus that the surface maps are shaping up to how they did in April of 74.

The NWS also has been releasing some well worded statements in regards to next weeks weather situation. Another Meterologist went as far as to say they expect upwards of 300 tornadoes in the next two weeks (including yesterdays event).

I know its easy to be chicken little and say the sky is falling. Thats not what I am doing. Its April 20th and the record has already been broken for most tornadoes in the month with 10 days still to go. They are saying this month has a chance to be in the top 10 of worst months all time. (A list that only includes the months of May and June btw)

Its easy to take the weather for granted and say its never going to happen to you, but I would for your sake and maybe your fishing buddies sake keep an eye on spc.noaa.gov and be weary of the weather over the next couple of weeks.