How do Bass react to sudden warm temps?

[RoLo]

 

"How do Bass react to sudden warm temps?"

                     The way I like them to react. 

 

Given adequate dissolved oxygen, a water temperature uptrend should always be welcome.

 

Roger

[Eddie101]

On 5/5/2020 at 11:37 AM, BurrStone said:

Had a tough day on a big lake in western Connecticut on Sunday- water was between 49 and 51 degrees - and the only thing that caught a fish was a curly tail grub. Fortunately this was the fish.

Dang, that Smallie ain't small at all!  

[craww]

As stated it takes longer for the water to warm vs the air...That said, air temps do absolutely have an effect on alot of life that lives mostly outside of, but adjacent to the water...Insects, reptiles, amphibians, small mammals, certain plants, etc, etc. Could there be certain thresholds were a certain critter becomes more active and bass key on it? Yes. Could I, or most anyone else tell you an example where JUST air temps resulted in a certain pattern materializing? Probably not.

[NYWayfarer]

On ‎5‎/‎12‎/‎2020 at 7:35 PM, CrankFate said:

Bream?

That caught my eye as well. I don't think the OP is a native New Yorker 

[Jermination]

On 5/3/2020 at 5:08 PM, TriStateBassin106 said:

Hey BR, 

 

Today I went on my first Post Pandemic Fishing trip, a neighborhood pond here in NY that is quite pressured, one thing I noticed is that since we've had high temps in the 70s for the past two days many bait fish such as bream and cruising bass have started to appear along the bank I couldn't get the water temp but it was still pretty cold, for the week coming up the air temp is supposed to drop down into the 50s and 60s again.

 

How do Bass react to these short periods of warmer weather after it cools? Do they continue with the spawn? Or do they retreat back to winter mode? 

Probably not what you want to hear, but i would never go to a pond without a wacky rigged or neko rigged senko on one of my couple rods. Pond fish love senkos & pressured fish will still eat a senko. slow way down 

[TriStateBassin106]

2 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

That caught my eye as well. I don't think the OP is a native New Yorker 

Bream panfish or sunnies... what ever you want to call them, I always preferred bream because I grew up watching a lot of southern Fishing shows on the outdoor channels, the term kinda got stuck in my head. 

2 hours ago, Jermination said:

Probably not what you want to hear, but i would never go to a pond without a wacky rigged or neko rigged senko on one of my couple rods. Pond fish love senkos & pressured fish will still eat a senko. slow way down 

even if all the weekend anglers throw them? 

[NYWayfarer]

1 hour ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

even if all the weekend anglers throw them? 

Yes, even if.

 

If your pond is shallow throw a wacky rigged Yum Dinger. They fall slower. I usually throw a 4” but I will go down to a 3” 

[RoLo]

 

It's interesting that you mention "bream". 

I've lived in the tri-state area for 50 years, and can't say I've ever heard the word "brim".  

Seems that you & I swapped latitudes; you moved north, and I moved south    

 

Roger

[Jermination]

15 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

Bream panfish or sunnies... what ever you want to call them, I always preferred bream because I grew up watching a lot of southern Fishing shows on the outdoor channels, the term kinda got stuck in my head. 

even if all the weekend anglers throw them? 

yes. sometimes if you add a blade or little skirt to the end on your neko it can make all the difference in the world

[scaleface]

For a month and a half now , in a lake I've been fishing for largemouths , morning surface temps has been in the low to mid 50's . Afternoon temps have been in the high 50's to mid 60's .For the first three trips the bite changed in the afternoons . Sometimes the fish move from outside of points and coves , to inside pockets or vice versa . Even though the temps have been in the 50's every morning , I think the bass here spawned three weeks ago . The ones I'm catching appear  spawned out and they have shifted to post spawn patterns. Its been a weird spring , but the bass are biting as long as one is willing to make appropriate changes . Sometimes those changes come hourly . So it seems bass take advantage of sudden temperature spikes , become more active , feed heavily  and will   drop  their eggs even though it still getting  quite  cold at night .

[TriStateBassin106]

17 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

It's interesting that you mention "bream". 

I've lived in the tri-state area for 50 years, and can't say I've ever heard the word "brim".  

Seems that you & I swapped latitudes; you moved north, and I moved south    

 

Roger

Hmmm Lived in Jersey most of my life. 201 area code to be specific. Still do but live right near the NJ/NY border. 

[RoLo]

28 minutes ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

Hmmm Lived in Jersey most of my life. 201 area code to be specific. Still do but live right near the NJ/NY border. 

 

Sure..know the area well.    

I was brought up in Hillside, a one-horse town in Union County (it's totally gone, as I knew it).

I'll bet you're no stranger to Greenwood and Monksville     

 

Roger