Fishing hot...real hot

[Herbert Lorenzo]

Went fishing a few days ago and on the water just before 8:00 am . Catch two bass within 30 minutes and feel a bit warm and uncomfortable check the water temperature 86 degrees.  By 9am another boater slowly comes by and says he was offshore and could not take heat heading to ramp. Any way the temperature  here in Tampa hit 99 degrees and it's  not even July yet . Wonder if fishing will be possible at all any more during the day the next 4 months . What a shame they had us in covid home lockdown when it was cool and let us out when it's 100 degrees.  Lol 

[garroyo130]

21 minutes ago, Herbert Lorenzo said:

Went fishing a few days ago and on the water just before 8:00 am . Catch two bass within 30 minutes and feel a bit warm and uncomfortable check the water temperature 86 degrees.  By 9am another boater slowly comes by and says he was offshore and could not take heat heading to ramp. Any way the temperature  here in Tampa hit 99 degrees and it's  not even July yet . Wonder if fishing will be possible at all any more during the day the next 4 months . What a shame they had us in covid home lockdown when it was cool and let us out when it's 100 degrees.  Lol 

Temps had been climbing here in Austin and I had been getting out early. At the lake by 5:45 and headed home by about 8:30.

 

Temps are more likely to affect us than the fish.

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

109 - 111 here almost daily, still fishing. Mostly in the evenings, when temps drop a little.

 

It's a dry heat, LOL. Once the humidity comes, I don't know if I'll be able to keep it up though.

[Bankc]

It's supposed to start getting up into the 100's this week.  That's not normal this early in July, but not unheard of either.  Anyway, when the daytime highs get above 90, I start going in the early mornings before the sun rises, and head in by around 11:00.  It's still too hot at sunset to spend much time outside, especially since I'm in a paddle powered kayak, so it's early mornings or nothing for me.  Especially with this humidity!

 

My best tip, is to try to slowly acclimate yourself to the heat all throughout the summer (and the cold in the winter) so that your body can tolerate it better.  It's tempting to avoid the extreme temperatures when possible, but unless you plan on spending all of your time indoors, it pays off to spend lots of time being uncomfortable so that your body learns to tolerate the extremes better.  I don't spend as much time trying to acclimate my body as I should, but I can definitely tell a difference when I do.

[813basstard]

6 hours ago, Herbert Lorenzo said:

Went fishing a few days ago and on the water just before 8:00 am . Catch two bass within 30 minutes and feel a bit warm and uncomfortable check the water temperature 86 degrees.  By 9am another boater slowly comes by and says he was offshore and could not take heat heading to ramp. Any way the temperature  here in Tampa hit 99 degrees and it's  not even July yet . Wonder if fishing will be possible at all any more during the day the next 4 months . What a shame they had us in covid home lockdown when it was cool and let us out when it's 100 degrees.  Lol 

Tampa? Only place I’ve been fishing..Yeah, surface water temps have been from 93-95. The couple bass I caught had sunscreen on. It’s been brutal lately. Absolutely brutal..

[TnRiver46]

I would say just jump into the water every so often but in Florida? No thanks!

[gim]

9 hours ago, 813basstard said:

Yeah, surface water temps have been from 93-95.

Are you kidding me?  Pushing 100 degrees?  I wouldn't even attempt to fish in that boiling water.

 

Even up here in the north its been abnormally warm.  We've had the warmest June since 1995.  And until the last couple days, very little rain this month which is also odd because June is typically the month with the most rainfall.  Meteorologists blame El Nina but lets be honest they don't really know.

[Captain Phil]

Driving by the Hickory Point Park ramp two days ago, the marque temp sign at front read 110 degrees. The outside temp in my car read 107.  Surface water temps are in the nineties.   Florida normally has afternoon thunderstorms that cool things off.  Not his year.   The only fishing I'm doing these days is on my computer.  

[Glaucus]

Temperatures reached an all time high in the Article Circle, with 100.4*F being recorded in one Siberian town. Climate change is totally a hoax though (sarcasm).

 

I was bank fishing a couple of days ago. The last temperature reading that I took was 90*F. I drank 2 bottles of water before heading out and 3 more while I was there. After a couple of hours I felt like I was going to pass out and had to sit in the shade to recover before leaving. I got home and felt sick and was urinating what looked like an orange sports drink even after all of that water. Be very careful.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Glaucus said:

Temperatures reached an all time high in the Article Circle, with 100.4*F being recorded in one Siberian town. Climate change is totally a hoax though (sarcasm).

 

I was bank fishing a couple of days ago. The last temperature reading that I took was 90*F. I drank 2 bottles of water before heading out and 3 more while I was there. After a couple of hours I felt like I was going to pass out and had to sit in the shade to recover before leaving. I got home and felt sick and was urinating what looked like an orange sports drink even after all of that water. Be very careful.

Sounds like you need bigger water bottles!  Climate is ever changing

[RoLo]

On 6/30/2020 at 10:42 AM, Glaucus said:

Climate change is totally a hoax though (sarcasm).

 

Is global warming a near-term blip, or a long-term phenomenon?

We won't know for sure until the next Ice Age.

 

Roger

[GreenPig]

Night fishing not an option? Every Summer I wind up going nocturnal when the heat starts getting to be too much at 9 or 10 am. Trips from 1 am to 8 am are cooler and much more productive. I load up and head home after the morning fishermen launch. Yes Climate change is real, around here we call it Seasons. 

[Michigander]

Fished a tournament last night and the thermometer in the truck read 100 degrees. That's hot for Michigan before July. It was a scorcher out there. 

[TnRiver46]

On 6/30/2020 at 2:15 PM, GreenPig said:

Night fishing not an option? Every Summer I wind up going nocturnal when the heat starts getting to be too much at 9 or 10 am. Trips from 1 am to 8 am are cooler and much more productive. I load up and head home after the morning fishermen launch. Yes Climate change is real, around here we call it Seasons. 

I’ve tried night fishing, turns out I cannot stay awake at night, especially driving the truck 

[GReb]

Feel like it’s been cooler here in Mississippi than most years. Not by much but it’s been around 90 most of last month. I can recall plenty of years where the high was 97-99 fro. June 1 to September. The heat has never bothered me though. Humidity can be killer some days 

[TnRiver46]

28 minutes ago, GReb said:

Feel like it’s been cooler here in Mississippi than most years. Not by much but it’s been around 90 most of last month. I can recall plenty of years where the high was 97-99 fro. June 1 to September. The heat has never bothered me though. Humidity can be killer some days 

The hottest places I know of Are all inland of the gulf just slightly. The beach feels better than being somewhere In the pines with no breeze 

[gim]

I just saw on the national news that the forecast for eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana are projected to be hotter than death valley in California the next few days.

 

Looks like a good reason to "shelter in place" in your air conditioned house.

[GReb]

23 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

The hottest places I know of Are all inland of the gulf just slightly. The beach feels better than being somewhere In the pines with no breeze 

Agreed. When I lived in north MS it was the hottest and coldest place on earth. Scorched all summer and was 20 degrees with 20 mph wind all Winter

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, GReb said:

Agreed. When I lived in north MS it was the hottest and coldest place on earth. Scorched all summer and was 20 degrees with 20 mph wind all Winter

I have found colder places than MS...... hahaha

[Way north bass guy]

5 hours ago, GReb said:

Agreed. When I lived in north MS it was the hottest and coldest place on earth. Scorched all summer and was 20 degrees with 20 mph wind all Winter

I’m afraid all of us northern guys up here will gladly tell you that “that”, is not near the coldest place on earth ?. Here’s a typical day fishing with my son for nearly half the year. 

[GReb]

8 minutes ago, Way north bass guy said:

I’m afraid all of us northern guys up here will gladly tell you that “that”, is not near the coldest place on earth ?. Here’s a typical day dishing with my son for nearly half the year. 

You can keep it!!!!

[Armtx77]

On 6/30/2020 at 1:15 PM, GreenPig said:

Night fishing not an option? Every Summer I wind up going nocturnal when the heat starts getting to be too much at 9 or 10 am. Trips from 1 am to 8 am are cooler and much more productive. I load up and head home after the morning fishermen launch. Yes Climate change is real, around here we call it Seasons. 

I wish I could hit my local lakes at night. The MAN is closing everything down at 8PM.

[GreenPig]

6 hours ago, Armtx77 said:

I wish I could hit my local lakes at night. The MAN is closing everything down at 8PM.

All black clothing is beneficial in that type of situation.............. I'm joking of course. 

[Catt]

Y'all kidding right ?

 

If I were 15 yrs younger it would be daylight to dark 30 or dusk to dawn!

 

I grew up working construction, if I could work in it, I can fish it.

 

In the dog days of summer when you find them, they will be stacked up. Right now is the time to stick 25-30# sacks!

[flyfisher]

Drinking all that during the trip isn't going to help the hydration level as much as if you stay hydrated all the time.   Hydrating the days before is what really counts.  Yo will just be maintaining really if you drink a lot while fishing.  

I fish from a kayak in the heat so i am not only in the heat i am working in the heat.  Some people can take it better than others but it is something that you can build up your tolerance to as well.  

Like @Catt said, if i can work in it, i can fish in it easily.