Heat

[LrgmouthShad]

Alright y’all that’s it. I’ve had enough of this heat. I’ve been looking forward to fishing this weekend but I am not looking forward to the hot. I thought I was gonna be fine handling it. I was wrong. 
 

The solution I came up with is to focus on the extreme wee hours of the morning. I’ll look to hit the water around 3 AM tomorrow. That way my sleep schedule doesn’t do a complete 180 but I can still get some cool hours of fishing in.

[Skunkmaster-k]

You no likey the all nighter? On Friday I go from dusk to dawn then sleep till 1pm Saturday. Night fishing is the Berries. 

[TnRiver46]

My special life skill is being able to chop wood, cut grass, and move furniture in oppressive heat and humidity. Bring it on (also I don’t live in TX)

[gim]

We've largely been able to avoid the oppressive heat dome that's been sitting over the south and southwest portion of the country for over a month now.  That is going to change next week as it will be moving north/northeast.  In the past 10 days we've had unseasonably cool, comfortable weather (albeit mostly dry) for mid July.  Highs in the 75-80 degree range and lows in the 50's at night.  A few nights I even shut off my AC and opened the windows which is rare for this time of year, even up here.

 

That being said, I am fine just taking a week off from fishing. I don't need to fish that badly.  If I was hell bent on going, I'd fish at night time.  @T-Billy and @Catt seem to have this night fishing strategy down pretty well.

 

Looks like most of the entire country is going to bake as this ridge of high pressure moves east next week too.

 

[Functional]

NC has been near unbearable lately. Between travel and it being crystal clear skies and 97+ outside when I am home I havent put a line in the water since mid June. Hopefully will fix that this weekend but will be early morning or evening like you.

 

Its fishing...but its just fishing. Dont end up at a statistic. 

[Bird]

Got up at 3 am all week to avoid the heat and was on the water before daylight but what's crazy,

Caught all my bigger fish around 10 am.

 

A recent thread that I started:

When I get to hot, I'm diving overboard but the waters are clean and clear here.

[Captain Phil]

My boat hasn't seen the water in over a month.  Our bass fishing is over by 10 AM. Afternoon thunderstorms start around 3 PM.   If you like fishing in 95+ degree weather with no breeze, you will love it here. ?

[Bankc]

Something I learned long ago was how important it is to adapt to the heat.  Get out in the uncomfortable heat and put in some daily hard work in May and June before it gets crazy hot.  Don't push yourself too far, but don't be afraid to get uncomfortable either.  Then, when the real heat of late July and early August hit, you're prepared for it.

I'm out almost every day in this heat doing something physical during the hot part of the day.  I sweat like crazy, but it doesn't bother me.  It doesn't wear me out and I don't struggle to keep hydrated (though still drink lots of water, but I just don't fall behind the curve, so to speak).  I'm actually handling this 100° weather a lot better than I was handling the 85° weather we had in May.  

 

Even if you can't get out and do the work, just go sit outside and let the heat wash over you.  My grandparents used to do that and it really did make a difference for them.  30-60 minutes every day allowed their bodies to slowly adapt, so they could still get out and mow the grass or work the garden in the Texas summertime heat well into their 90's.  It all seemed crazy at the time, but now I know that they knew what they were doing.  

[gim]

1 minute ago, Bankc said:

adapt to the heat

I do think that our bodies can adapt to a specific heat thresh hold but us northern boys rarely see this kind of baking heat index.  It comes for a day or two and then cooler Canadian air often arrives.  We simply can't adjust to it because it doesn't exist for long periods of time like it does down south.

 

I have a much higher tolerance for the winter cold than the heat because of where I live.  I can tolerate fishing down to near freezing air temps in the fall fairly comfortably.  No gloves either, bare handed, without being a bother.  @ol'crickety even in Maine has probably not seen summer heat like this all season.  I think she said she's used her AC once all summer lol

[MN Fisher]

13 minutes ago, gimruis said:

We simply can't adjust to it because it doesn't exist for long periods of time like it does down south.

Plus anyone who's suffered heat-stroke or heat-exhaustion is more susceptible to those - I fell out of formation due to heat-stroke during Basic Training in TX, and have suffered a couple bouts of heat-exhaustion since then...I do NOT do well in the heat.

[Swamp Girl]

I was a little cool this morning for the first couple hours of fishing, but I don't like bringing a jacket and then having it get wet in the canoe when I remove it, so I went with my t-shirt.

 

As @gimruis noted, Maine has been temperate this summer, but it's that way most summers. It's never reached 100 degrees in my town in its history.

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

I don't think people get used to the heat, but sometimes we simply have too deal with it.

Without air conditioning I don't think most Americans would want to live in the South.  I

think we could adapt to BBQ up north as long as there is sweet tea!

5 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

It's never reached 100 degrees in my town in its history.

 Has not been over 100 since yesterday here.

[Jar11591]

Upstate NY has been a hot, nasty, humid, swamp this summer. It’s dumped rain d**n near every day. This week has been better with only mid 80s but next week is going to be nasty again. I’m heading out of country far north at the end of the month, will be nice to get out of the heat. 

[gim]

Just now, Jar11591 said:

I’m heading out of country far north at the end of the month, will be nice to get out of the heat. 

Hopefully you're heading to the south pole.

[T-Billy]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

If I was hell bent on going, I'd fish at night time. 

Careful, it's addictive. Cool and comfortable, and hardly anyone else out there. I often have the lake entirely to myself, and the big girls come shallow looking for a meal.

I adapt to the heat by staying out of it as much as possible. Loved hot weather when I was young. Not so much anymore.

[Jar11591]

@gimruis Iceland. Day time highs of 56-58°. Gonna be a nice transition. 

[TOXIC]

Heading to central Wisconsin (Waupaca) next Friday for our annual family get together. Little concerned for my niece and her husband who have a new baby 2 weeks old.  Cottage has no ac and it looks to be a hot stretch.  They live in Chicago so they can leave if need be.  My daughter is 26 and we first took her when she turned 1 year old.  I have been fishing in the heat all summer.  I keep hydrated and wear sun clothing.  

[Fishlegs]

15 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Hmm...

I don't think people get used to the heat, but sometimes we simply have too deal with it.

Without air conditioning I don't think most Americans would want to live in the South.  I

think we could adapt to BBQ up north as long as there is sweet tea!

 Has not been over 100 since yesterday here.

I don't like it when it gets this hot, but I'm not sure there's enough sweet tea for me to adapt to snowfall measured in FEET, temperatures BELOW zero, and the lakes are FROZEN for half the year. ?

[TnRiver46]

I believe that’s when you spike the sweet tea 

[Catt]

I grew up in the construction industry so I'm very familiar with being in the heat. When it comes to bass fishing I would rather not! 

 

Another huge plus for night fishing is I seldom see or hear another boat. 

[Functional]

34 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

I think we could adapt to BBQ up north as long as there is sweet tea!

 Has not been over 100 since yesterday here.

Every southerner i've fed Northern style bbq has hated me. And northern sweet tea is not sweet tea, not even close. Lived in NY for 27 years and nearly 10 in NC, there could be a civil war over these 2 topics alone given the right push. 

 

Based on safety training I received in a past job you can become more accustomed to heat to tolerate it but you still need to hydrate and take the breaks. Youll just feel less miserable when adjusted, which takes I believe 7+ days of outside work to really be adjusted. Works the other way to the cold also. 

 

[thediscochef]

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Alright y’all that’s it. I’ve had enough of this heat. I’ve been looking forward to fishing this weekend but I am not looking forward to the hot. I thought I was gonna be fine handling it. I was wrong. 
 

The solution I came up with is to focus on the extreme wee hours of the morning. I’ll look to hit the water around 3 AM tomorrow. That way my sleep schedule doesn’t do a complete 180 but I can still get some cool hours of fishing in.

hey man we're gonna get down in the 90s this weekend, Ice Cold!!!

lol but for real, be safe in the dark. I don't blame you for this approach...nothing is close enough to shore right now for me to get bites unless I land on some right at daybreak or start fishing at 10:30PM. Daytime heat indices have been within 15 degrees of wet bulb. Being on a lake with evaporating water all around you probably gets you within 5-10 degrees. I would be certain that places like Falcon Lake, Lake Corpus, Texana etc have reached wet bulb temps for boaters several times this summer. It is legitimately dangerous to be out on the water here right now for more than a few hours at a time during max heat. There's been a few days where I've had actual overheat warnings on my car camera electronics, can't imagine boat electronics would fare too much better albeit they lack the lense that camera electronics do. Even deep night fishing isn't going great right now, I've blanked on 5 of 6 trips this week from the shore. I need about 20 yards to get into the schools of sandies and spots I've seen jumping...haven't seen a big fish since the last time I held one

I need the studios to go ahead and pay the writers already, so that I can get back to work and stop being obsessed with fishing quite so hard

[ScottW]

It’s been a bit too hot for me as well. With my laundry list of health problems I’m not pushing it outside. Been working on our camper lately doing some much needed remodeling but it has a/c so not bad. I hold off fishing until late afternoon or early evening. 

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

Plus anyone who's suffered heat-stroke or heat-exhaustion is more susceptible to those - I fell out of formation due to heat-stroke during Basic Training in TX, and have suffered a couple bouts of heat-exhaustion since then...I do NOT do well in the heat.

Same here after a company run. It was in New Jersey though back in 1980. Think the D. I.s dumped everyone’s canteen on me that afternoon. ?

[Darth-Baiter]

here's why!!

 

 

 

 

[newapti5]

Besides fishing the early hours, how about go wade fishing in creeks? It is quite fun and cool in hot summers. And there're some monsters in small creeks, as long as you can find them.