Thermal Turnover

[Squirmin Wormin]

With fall upon us was thinking how and when that thermal turnover is going to effect the way we plan on catching our targeted fish. It's going to happen soon i'm sure, so with that being said, do you have a strategy that goes into that happening? I am figuring not as many bites but still sufficient, Those 2 layers of water going to flip soon but not for sure when. And will your fish you target be deeper or what? I'd say the water temp's dropped 5to maybe 7 deg here and is on it's way down at a gradual rate depending on the weather.

[Raul]

Move South, that stuff don´t happen here.

[WRB]

You will know when the lake turns over by the sulfur like smell and floating decaying debris.

Lake turn over can also occur from high winds, the classic fall turn over occurs when the upper water layer gets colder the the middle and lower layers because cold water is heavier then the warmer water, when the surface water cools down quickly.

Give the lake about a 2 week transition period and you are good for the cold water period.

Bass can be anywhere after a turnover.

Tom

[Catch and Grease]

Move South, that stuff don´t happen here.

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[TorqueConverter]

I'll take beautiful summer water temps and fall turnovers over freakishly hot summer water temps any day of the week.   

[Mainebass1984]

Fall turnover usually happens when the water temperature is around 50 degrees up here in the north east.

[WRB]

Seasonal lake stratification;

www.faculty.gvsu.edu/videticp/stratification.htm

Good link to explain what turn over is all about.

Your southern lakes and ponds can stratify and turn over, it's not just a northern regional event.

Tom

[geo g]

Here in South Florida in the 90's I did see an inversion occur during the summer. It happened at Holiday Park in Broward County. The canal waters were summer hot, close to 90*. There were a series of bad thunder storms come through the area with large hail balls, and heavy rain. The rain and hail cooled the surface water and drove it to the bottom of the canal, bringing hot water from the bottom with low O2 levels to the surface.

A true thermal turnover! There was a massive fish kill, with fish of all types floating within a half hour of the storms. The only ones happy were the gators. It was Thanksgiving gator style. Thermal Turnover are rare here. They don't last long, but they do happen in Florida under the right conditions.