Giving props to our southern anglers!

[gim]

19 hours ago, WRB said:

The 4th of July was my father inlaws birthday and we always made the trip to Minnisota then drove up to Lake of the Woods.

My parents are up there at the moment and its still quite miserable.  Some people have this idea that up here in the north its always cold and snowing.  It can get quite hot and humid even into the southern portion of Canada though.

[Koz]

Some days the heat kicks my butt and some days it doesn't. As a bank fisherman I can sometimes find respite in the shade of a nearby tree. I keep a cooler or water in the car nearby. However, if I go trekking from lagoon to lagoon on foot the heat can be problematic. Adding 3 or 4 bottles of water to my tackle backpack makes it heavy for an older guy like me.

 

But as I age I'm less inclined to go fishing on hot days. To be honest, I haven't fished in a month. Between the heat and generally poor bank fishing in my area it hasn't been worth the effort.

[galyonj]

I grew up here in the Tennessee valley, and I had to accept very early on that anything that has me outside between April and October means that I'm gonna be pouring sweat.

 

Guess you just learn to live with it. I've lived here 40 years and I think if I was gonna acclimate, I would have by now.

[JediAmoeba]

I absolutely hate this heat.  Once it gets over 55 I am miserable.  

[TnRiver46]

10 hours ago, galyonj said:

I grew up here in the Tennessee valley, and I had to accept very early on that anything that has me outside between April and October means that I'm gonna be pouring sweat.

 

Guess you just learn to live with it. I've lived here 40 years and I think if I was gonna acclimate, I would have by now.

Haha! I’ve fished many a Christmas Day in a t shirt sweating 

[Armtx77]

On 7/4/2020 at 7:35 PM, BrianMDTX said:

I thought I’d loathe it here. But it’s surprised me. I swear, I guess being between the Atlantic, the Bay and the Appalachians, it just sits on Maryland like a steam room. I thought being so close to the Gulf it’d be worse. It’s really not. 
 

I do miss the chill in the air in fall. I DON’T miss scraping ice and shoveling snow lol. 

THE BREEZE is our saving grace here on the Gulf Coast.

For me, it is a conscience decision to go out and stay out in it. I sweat like a stuck hog and once I'm out there, as long as I have water, I can make it happen.

It is the sitting around, outside at night that gets me. Sitting in my own sweat st 9 oclock...sucky

23 hours ago, Koz said:

Some days the heat kicks my butt and some days it doesn't. As a bank fisherman I can sometimes find respite in the shade of a nearby tree. I keep a cooler or water in the car nearby. However, if I go trekking from lagoon to lagoon on foot the heat can be problematic. Adding 3 or 4 bottles of water to my tackle backpack makes it heavy for an older guy like me.

 

But as I age I'm less inclined to go fishing on hot days. To be honest, I haven't fished in a month. Between the heat and generally poor bank fishing in my area it hasn't been worth the effort.

Take a look at a Camelbak. I have a slick fishing vest that has a 2L Camelbak spot and I USE it.

Most bank fisherma use a backpack to carry their gear and a CamelBak will help the load of the water as well.

[Hillbilly Bennett]

It was 94 here in Eastern KY yesterday with a ton of humidity. Prime time for the rivers around here as I rarely fish the lakes from July to early September. Too many jet skis and pleasure boaters, especially this year with everyone in Corona mode. The Smallie’s metabolisms are sky high in the rivers right now so they fight like crazy and I can catch 5x the number of fish compared to the lake during the summer. Also, if the float gets too hot you just bail in the water and wade fish for a little while, just watch out for snakes. It seems that Copperheads are everywhere this year. 

[scaleface]

Went last night and the surface temp was 91F at seven 0'clock and cooled into the 80's after the sun set .

[islandbass]

Overcast in Seattle right now and 60. Summer hasn’t even come yet and it’s July. Give me 90 ... NOW! Lol

[Hook2Jaw]

My water temperatures in South Georgia are hotter than the air temperatures in some of them Northern reaches now.

 

Like Kentucky.

[A-Jay]

52 minutes ago, Hook2Jaw said:

My water temperatures in South Georgia are hotter than the air temperatures in some of them Northern reaches now.

 

Like Kentucky.

It's been Pretty toasty up in my neck neck of the woods of a week plus ~ 

Humidity's a little much as well.

Not fishing until it cools off a bit.

A-Jay

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

8 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

 

Not fishing until it cools off a bit.

A-Jay

Huh, what, has the world gone completely mad?

 

 

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Hewhospeaksmuchbull said:

Huh, what, has the world gone completely mad?

 

 

Perhaps ~ 

Interesting I suppose, that I don't think twice about fishing in this:

But don't care to be out in the 90 degree heat with the 75 % plus humidity.

Maybe it's an Old Guy thing. 

A-Jay

 

[Captain Phil]

My wife and I have lived in Florida all our lives. We live about 30 miles northwest of Orlando.   Summer mornings are tolerable.   Unless it's cloudy, by 9 or 10 AM, it starts getting hot and we head back to the marina. You don't want to be out in the heat of the day. Summer afternoons bring thunderstorms.  This cools things off, but it can be dangerous. If the fireworks are over by 6 PM, you can sneak back out for the evening bite.   Some of the best fishing in Florida happens then.  I have been on the lake after a Florida thunderstorm when it seemed every bass in the lake was committing suicide.  I have been out when I shouldn't have been too.  Here's a bass I caught this morning.

  

 

 

[Hook2Jaw]

@A-Jay, you must not be quite as pole bound as Kentucky, or North Carolina.

[Hillbilly Bennett]

6 hours ago, Hook2Jaw said:

My water temperatures in South Georgia are hotter than the air temperatures in some of them Northern reaches now.

 

Like Kentucky.

Yeah man, we haven’t quite hit 94 degree water temps yet. It’ll get in the 90s before too long. Best of luck to y’all in the Deep South. Those 110 heat index days are crazy. 

[TnRiver46]

6 minutes ago, Hillbilly Bennett said:

Yeah man, we haven’t quite hit 94 degree water temps yet. It’ll get in the 90s before too long. Best of luck to y’all in the Deep South. Those 110 heat index days are crazy. 

The water never gets much above 75 in downtown Knoxville, it’s still in the upper 60s right now. Down the lake it gets to 85 some years but near my house it’s always cold 

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

But don't care to be out in the 90 degree heat with the 75 % plus humidity.

Maybe it's an Old Guy thing. 

A-Jay

 

Who does, it maybe 110-118 here but humidity is 20% or below so its not to bad. Worst time of my life was during a field problem at Ft. Polk. Godforsaken dung hole, the humidity and heat were unbearable. IDK how Catt does it.

 

Once the Monsoons come, I'll be holed up for more than one reason (lightening strikes can get constant).

[OCdockskipper]

I agree with those who say humidity can be the deal breaker.  When I visit my sister in Georgia, I am amazed how hot it can be in the morning if the humidity is high.  Last month when I was there, every day topped offed between 88 - 90, but each day felt immensely different based on the humidity.

 

I have lived in the Southern California my whole life, we get afternoon breezes off the ocean that keep evening & am temperatures in check.  Without that onshore breeze, places further inland like Lake Mead easily reach 115 or higher in the summer with the temperature never dropping below 90 during the night.  The lone saving grace is the lack of humidity, it makes it bearable if you can be in the shade.

 

To me, Georgia at 90 degrees and 90% humidity is worse than Vegas at 110 degrees.  However, Vegas at 35 degrees in the winter with the desert winds blowing, seems much colder than being somewhere on the East Coast when it is snowing.

[Fishin Dad]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

The water never gets much above 75 in downtown Knoxville, it’s still in the upper 60s right now. Down the lake it gets to 85 some years but near my house it’s always cold 

Wow, that’s nice.  “Up North” here in Minnesota, the lake I was fishing on Sunday was 88 degree water temps.   This is getting crazy for up here and we have 15 more days of this trash in the forecast.  I might have to visit Knoxville to get cooler water ?

[TnRiver46]

28 minutes ago, Fishin Dad said:

Wow, that’s nice.  “Up North” here in Minnesota, the lake I was fishing on Sunday was 88 degree water temps.   This is getting crazy for up here and we have 15 more days of this trash in the forecast.  I might have to visit Knoxville to get cooler water ?

Come on down! Haha. There are colder rivers just to the north, east, and south  full of trout as well. Dams can do magical things....... as you might imagine the air is  plenty warm, it’s the water coming from the bottom of deep lakes that is cold 

[Fishin Dad]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Come on down! Haha. There are colder rivers just to the north, east, and south  full of trout as well. Dams can do magical things....... as you might imagine the air is  plenty warm, it’s the water coming from the bottom of deep lakes that is cold 

That would be awesome!!  The cooler water has to keep YOU a little cooler on the water as well.  Natures air conditioner.   I know when I head to northern Minnesota to fish, the lakes are cooler and it helps to keep me cooler as well.  Love it!  I have a good friend in Tenn.   I need to get down there sometime to try to at least have a chance at a giant.  

[Jleebesaw]

Hottest day of the year here in northern ny. My truck thermometer and at 2 banks driving through town at 1:30 said 100. Stupid. Got a derby this weekend and im not going if its this hot.

[DFWbassin]

Its 90 degrees by 7AM and pushing the 100s here in texas ?

[greentrout]

Where I live we have the following ...

 

Heat Advisory in effect until 10:00 PM CDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service

 

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... 

 

WHAT...Heat index values 108 to 112 degrees expected. 

 

WHERE...All of southeast Louisiana as well as southwestern and coastal Mississippi. 

 

WHEN...Through 10 PM CDT this evening.

 

IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur.

 

good fishing ...