Hot Summer Days ?

[Jacob Krahenbil]

hey yall hope everyone is having a great summer. i fish mainly on lake anna and haven't been able to go too much this summer. however I have gone twice recently with little luck both times. we haven't gotten much rain at all. the water temps are in the mid to high 80s. I know lots of people say that the bass go deep. My fishfinder cannot mark and save spots so I have a hard time fishing brush and other deep structure. I have been fishing with shakey heads mainly. i do not have much experience with a jig, however i think i need to learn how to use them. please if you have any tips for me it would be very helpful. i am going maby tomorrow and it is suppose to be in the lower 90s tomorow and all this week. thanks 

[kikstand454]

Way before GPS, bass fisherman found offshore spots and remembered them. Its just easier now.

When you find a hump or brushpile or what have you out in the deep, first remember where you roughly found it ( the mouth of bass creek. ...) then look for two, hopefully three landmarks on the shore behind, beside, and across from you. ( boat dock with pontoon, dead tree with osprey nest, fallen tree on bank. ...) now can roughly triangulated where your secret spot is. Drive over it again and pin point it with your electronics, and toss out a marker buoy.

Good luck.

[gulfcaptain]

try a drop shot since you seem comfortable with the shakeyhead.

[quanjig]

Try a football jig in the same areas you have been throwing the shakey head. Minimum 1/2oz, try "stroking" the jig if dragging it doesn't produce a bite. Also try to find some 1/2oz long bill scroungers and thread a zoom superfluke in a color that closely matches the prevelent bait on Anna, shad colors. When you find bait on the graph, count the bait down to or just below the bait and slowly swim it thru!!

[fishva]

Only thing that's consistently worked for me this summer is trying to find the coolest water possible. A difference of a couple degrees can make a huge difference.

[Wayne P.]

What works the best for me in the Summer/early Fall  is the thermocline pattern. I check prominate bottom features where the thermocline intersects them. If fish are present, it is almost a sure catch.  

 

This is an example. The bass I caught are under the temp readout where the lake bottom and thermocline intersect.

"Its so easy, a cave man can do it"

 

 

Another example what to look for:

 

[Nitrofreak]

The biggest problem anglers face on Anna is not paying attention to detail , not all fish are deep at Anna , although you can find a quality bite deep , your timing must be accurate , the struggle you have is the same as a lot of anglers , myself included , unless you do your homework , fish Anna everyday , pay a guide to go out , which if you choose to get a guide I would suggest you talk to Chris Craft there at Fish Tales at Anna Point , lots of great people there !!

Every trip out at Anna is going to be a learning experience , good or bad , you must take what she is giving you and learn from it , document it , mentally or notably in a log , the summertime bite at Anna is slow , your presentations should be slow to match , the morning bite is furious , you need to be ready to take full advantage of that as well , once it turns off , it's like a light switch , literally !

If your stuck to fishing shallow waters or safer waters due to heavy boat traffic and such , try finding some areas loaded with docks on bright sunny days , teach yourself to skip baits under them , learn to let them soak and move them slowly , even though the water is hot and the fish become lethargic , keep in mind their metabolism is still high and must eat , that's something you have in your favor , if you find a good spot and they are not in the mood to eat , move on and come back to it in an hour or so and try again .

Unless you have good quality equipment which can make all the difference in the world , it's difficult to pattern Anna , there are still ways to pattern fish there though such as casting behind a boat that just moved through etc... In given times of the seasons .

I use primarily green colored baits for my plastics , this time of year though when the bass are on shad , then shad colored baits work best especially when they are aggressively chasing shad , if your not out there everyday learning something , it's difficult for sure , stay focused , be patient , don't move too fast on those high pressure days !!

Hope this helps !!

Good luck and be safe !!!