Pre-spawn & Water Temperatures

[Catt]

When it comes to water temperatures I don't pay that close attention to it & here's why.

 

Bass are coldblooded 

Their body temperature is directly tied to the water's temperature.

Their metabolism is tired directly to their body's temperature.

 

What I look at are trends in nighttime temperatures, when we start having nighttime temperatures above the water's temperature you will see a rise in water temperatures.

 

Get a rise in water temperatures, you'll get a rise in the bass's metabolism.

 

When the bass's metabolism goes up they wanna feed. 

 

When they wanna feed Catt wants to hunt.

[TnRiver46]

Go get em catt!!!

[Jigfishn10]

54 minutes ago, Catt said:

What I look at are trends in nighttime temperatures, when we start having nighttime temperatures above the water's temperature you will see a rise in water temperatures.

Up here, we call that ice out...?...Let's go fishing!

[Bluebasser86]

Our bass spawn around the same time of year, regardless of water temps, provided there's no high water events or rapid changing water levels. The full moon around the end of April/early May is when the biggest push of fish hits the banks in this area. That makes March the prime time for big, prespawn fish every year.

[WRB]

Where I fish pre spawn is 55 degrees. Bass body temps.

Tom

[Catt]

This is what I'm referring to, with these night temperatures you will see a rise in water temperatures.

 

 

[RoLo]

2 hours ago, Catt said:

This is what I'm referring to, with these night temperatures you will see a rise in water temperatures.

 

 

 

Tom, I'm hoping you are in the stock market,

because it's also solidly founded on one's ability to identify Trend Reversals

 

Roger

 

 

 

[RoLo]

 

Prior to the actual spawn, bass of both sexes feed ambitiously during the

pre-spawn in preparation for the stress of spawning. On the downside,

the early spring period is highly susceptible to unstable weather,

making the pre-spawn season a mixed bag.

 

Here in Florida, some anglers in a local March tourney refer to it as the Pre-spawn,

while others on the same day argue that it's spawning season.

In reality, the pre-spawn period in central Florida is January & February.

Given a warming trend, TODAY (January 17) would be perfect.

On balance, most anglers are late to the party.

 

 

Roger

 

 

 

[Catt]

1 hour ago, RoLo said:

On balance, most anglers are late to the party.

 

Exactly my point ?

 

Pre-spawn starts long before most anglers think & is in waves. 

 

Most anglers understand bass move on nest in waves but can't seem to grasp the whole pre-spawn, spawn, & post-spawn is in waves. 

 

We talk about the bass moving up shallow from deeper water & this is true. But the first to start actively feeding up shallow are the bass that are already shallow.

 

This is the first wave & oh by the way they'll spawn first. When the next cold front moves em back, these bass ain't going far.

[Chris at Tech]

On that note, does anyone know of an easy resource to view the weather for the PREVIOUS few days?  I'm thinking along the same lines as Catt to identify warming trends in the late winter/early spring and trying to find a way to see a snapshot of the high/low temps the previous few days to see what the trend has been.

 

Everything I've found online either only shows me a single day's report, OR makes me have to submit for some kind of "report".

 

Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?

[MN Fisher]

NWS should have that - notice on the right under 'More information' is '3 day history'

 

 

It's an hour-by-hour chart.

[Darth-Baiter]

Water temp and lengthening daylight hours, right?

 

my lake is at 56, and I don’t  know where the fish are.  They are super confused.  As am I. 

[WRB]

The bass aren’t confused!

Tom

[Darth-Baiter]

They are not gonna  go presoawn in January. And it was a figure  of speech. 

18 minutes ago, WRB said:

The bass aren’t confused!

Tom

But daylight hours has to be a factor. 

[Mr. Aquarium]

What about the early  spawners, the large fish   That spawn earlier then the majority of bass. My buddy got an 8.9lbs largemout in Massachusetts Last April. It was spawned out. Now here in Ma spring temps are temperamental. Up and down. Majority of fish don’t spawn till May 

[roadwarrior]

Well, if you fish everyday you're bound to catch a pre-spawn fish.

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

Well, if you fish everyday you're bound to catch a pre-spawn fish.

 

 

 

That’s the way I do it!!! 

1 hour ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

What about the early  spawners, the large fish   That spawn earlier then the majority of bass. My buddy got an 8.9lbs largemout in Massachusetts Last April. It was spawned out. Now here in Ma spring temps are temperamental. Up and down. Majority of fish don’t spawn till May 

Sometimes people catch skinny fish and just assume they are spawned out, you never truly know unless you cut it open. I’ve cut open plenty of fish I was told were “big females” only to find out it was a male that just ate a bluegill. An 8.9 up in the NE might not even still be spawning, they give up when they are old just like some humans haha

[Mr. Aquarium]

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s the way I do it!!! 

Sometimes people catch skinny fish and just assume they are spawned out, you never truly know unless you cut it open. I’ve cut open plenty of fish I was told were “big females” only to find out it was a male that just ate a bluegill. An 8.9 up in the NE might not even still be spawning, they give up when they are old just like some humans haha

That makes sense. Ill Have to do some research, I know big stripers stop producing eggs when they hit a certain pond

[Hutch13]

On 1/12/2021 at 1:43 AM, WRB said:

Where I fish pre spawn is 55 degrees. Bass body temps.

Tom

Tom, is that oral or rectal? LOL

  

On 1/18/2021 at 6:26 PM, Chris at Tech said:

On that note, does anyone know of an easy resource to view the weather for the PREVIOUS few days? 

 

Try Weather Underground. For example, go to this page for Marietta, GA:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/ga/marietta

 

Then scroll to the bottom and pick a local weather station. Here is a graph for Lake Laura Gardens, Marietta, GA:

 

 

[WRB]

Oral

[Frezzy]

On 1/21/2021 at 8:51 PM, Mr. Aquarium said:

That makes sense. Ill Have to do some research, I know big stripers stop producing eggs when they hit a certain pond

Female stripers produce eggs until the day they die regardless of age.  That’s been proven by science for decades. 

[Mr. Aquarium]

42 minutes ago, Frezzy said:

Female stripers produce eggs until the day they die regardless of age.  That’s been proven by science for decades. 

Really. Wow. I Remember years ago someone told me they stop reproducing. 

[Captain Phil]

Not all bass spawn at the same time. I have fished bass on beds in Florida in every month from January until June.  My PB was caught in January.  The best time to go fishing is whenever you can.