"Dog Days of Summer"

[Mike Boitnott]

 Dog days of summer are upon us – what is a tip someone gave you that helps you catch more fish in the heat?

[J Francho]

Fish at night.

[Catt]

5 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Fish at night.

 

And deep water structure ?

[jbmaine]

It's been a weird summer up here in Maine. I try for LM, but have had the most consistent luck with deep water SM.

[Derek1]

Dido on night time

[scaleface]

The problem with classic deep water structure [ honey holes]   by now they have been hammered to death . At least on the waters I fish . I've been catching some suspended bass with crankbaits and sometimes they are a long cast from the point . The better fishing has been in shallow shoreline cover with buzzbaits and Texas rigs .

[ohboyitsrobby]

For sure night time. I throw a 7/8 oz war eagle spoon a lot also.

[lo n slo]

i make every effort to be on the water at first light. now, that doesn’t always translate to better fishing, but it’s more comfortable for the fisherman. in fact, i’ve done pretty darn good in the middle of the day during the summer. like catt, i prefer the deeper structure (15’+ for me), but a thermocline could dictate otherwise, depending on where you fish. right now (and this is ALWAYS subject to change) i’m finding most of my fish in the 10-15’ zone, along with schools of bait fish, and some surface schooling activity. fwiw surface water temps are in the lower to mid 80’s and we’ve had mucho rainfall lately.

[TBAG]

Ned rig

[greentrout]

 

https://www.mdwfp.com/media/news/fishing-boating/mississippi-outdoors-fishing-in-the-dark/

 

good fishing...

 

 

[Mike L]

No one has to tell me to Punch everything I can find 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[EGbassing]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Fish at night.

I've fished at night for an hour almost every night for the past several weeks. I haven't had a single bite on anything. Spinnerbaits, jigs, ned rigs, chatterbaits, etc. I can go out in when it's 95 degrees in the middle of the afternoon and catch a few though. I just don't understand it.

[Mobasser]

Plastic worm fishing. Works best for me in the hottest time of year

[burrows]

Big TRD weedless 

[soflabasser]

Fish at night or during low light conditions such as dawn,dusk,cloudy days,etc.

[Russ E]

years ago an old veteran fisherman told me, in the heat of summer fish big baits in the early afternoon, on structure close to shallow feeding areas. 

His reasoning for this was, the Bass fed in the early morning and are getting hungry again by early afternoon.

they are not yet feeding, but they will hit an easy meal dropped on their nose.

 

Not sure how much of that is true, but looking back at all of the bigger fish I have caught, a lot of them were in the middle of summer. Usually between noon and 3pm. In deeper water next to feeding areas. On big worms or jigs.

[Derek1]

With the water being so warm I seem to have to thoroughly fish every we’re I try,sometimes I get a few sometimes I don’t. At night bank fishing I should add. They seem to be randomly patrolling,the ones I’m getting. I caught a two pounder right at my feet with a whopper plopper last night on my tenth cast right when I was about to pick it up. Like they swam right into each other at my feet. 

6 minutes ago, Russ E said:

years ago an old veteran fisherman told me, in the heat of summer fish big baits in the early afternoon, on structure close to shallow feeding areas. 

His reasoning for this was, the Bass fed in the early morning and are getting hungry again by early afternoon.

they are not yet feeding, but they will hit an easy meal dropped on their nose.

 

Not sure how much of that is true, but looking back at all of the bigger fish I have caught, a lot of them were in the middle of summer. Usually between noon and 3pm. In deeper water next to feeding areas. On big worms or jigs.

That makes sense I have caught a few good ones on lunch break with the 7” senco s and 10” worms 

[Team9nine]

Best 'tip' I ever got - "There's no such thing as, 'The fish aren't biting!'" 

 

It puts the onus on the angler, where it should be. Doesn't matter what the weather has been like this year - I'm still catching plenty. Accept that if you aren't, you just need to keep trying alternatives until you come across the right combination of location, timing, and presentation for your waters. 

 

[Moto]

Can bass even see at night?

[burrows]

5 minutes ago, Mottel said:

Can bass even see at night?

They see shadows and they can feel with their lateral line.

[soflabasser]

3 minutes ago, Mottel said:

Can bass even see at night?

Have you fished for bass at night and how long have you been doing it for? Bass can indeed see at night and they have a lateral line that helps them track their prey at night. Night fishing is not for everyone but those who are willing to put in their time at night bass fishing are often rewarded with bass most people dream of catching.

[Bluebasser86]

Slow down

[JustJames]

try this ^^^ if you have weedy area to fish. I went out the day I saw this video in 104 degree right at noon time fishing shallow weedy area and caught about a dozen bass. 

[Mike L]

9 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Best 'tip' I ever got - "There's no such thing as, 'The fish aren't biting!'" 

 

It puts the onus on the angler, where it should be. Doesn't matter what the weather has been like this year - I'm still catching plenty. Accept that if you aren't, you just need to keep trying alternatives until you come across the right combination of location, timing, and presentation for your waters. 

 

 

Ditto

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Catt]

16 hours ago, EGbassing said:

I've fished at night for an hour almost every night for the past several weeks

 

Wow! A whole hour! ?

 

10 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Best 'tip' I ever got - "There's no such thing as, 'The fish aren't biting

 

The bass are always biting somewhere...it's our job to find somewhere!