Today really kicked my butt

[BrianMDTX]

It’s almost autumn, but you’d never know it in this part of Texas. I was on the water at 7:00 and out at 12:30. It was 94° and sunny when I hit shore. I caught six 1 lb’ers, so not a great day. But holy heck did it sap my energy. I turned 64 four days ago. I feel it today!

[papajoe222]

I hear you. I'm 74 and when I got on the water Monday it was 74. Three hours later it was 89 and not a cloud to be seen. Then the breeze died and so did my energy. If I'd been on my home lake, I could have found refuge in the shade of some shoreline trees. It was my shortest outing of the season, but I have a feeling it was a preview of things to come.

[Bird]

September has been brutal here for effort per bass.

Fished yesterday for 5 hrs for 2 bass, embarrassing.

Starting to not like September......oh 63 .

[Smirak]

Yeah, I paddled around in my kayak for about 5 hrs yesterday. Caught a couple, one nice 19”er that decided as soon as I took my hand off of him on my measuring board, he made a run (jump) for it. I was trying to get my camera turned around for a pic and he said “I’m outta here”

 

I got on the water about 1:15, out around 6. It was brutal in N Alabama. I think the heat index was like 95/96?

[PaulVE64]

Caught smallies, largies, walleye and pike this week.

But that means hard water is coming so let's go fishing!

[GRiver]

Well happy belated birthday @BrianMDTX…. I get days like that. A while back it was hot and I felt totally exhausted…. I put the stick pins out on the boat and just sat there. Ate some grapes guzzled a bottle of water…. I fished for about an hour after that and packed it in, think I was back at the dock before 11:00am

[Catt]

At 73 heat zaps my energy faster than anything! 

 

Ain't been on the water in month ☹️

[Brian11719]

If it's any consolation I took my kayak out yesterday and thought I'd be funny so I spent the first 90 minutes trying to pretend like I'm a hard swimbait guy. Eventually picked up a drop shot and avoided a skunk and then moved on to an underspin and nabbed one more nice one, but it's definitely not easy out there and it's still hot AF down here so the heat can definitely drain the energy out of you.

[river-rat]

I’m 72 and it seems like the heat gets to me more each year. I launched the boat this morning at daylight and by 12:30 the heat index was 98 degrees so it was time to call it a day and head back to the camp. 
 

I figure I have caught enough fish in my life that anything I catch from here on out is just a blessing. 

[gim]

I'm probably further north than 95% of the members on this forum and it's been very hot here too.  Honestly, I think September has been hotter than August.  The water temp was 71 on Labor Day and it's 75 degrees again now.

[thediscochef]

I feel you, it was only 90 down here at Rayburn yesterday but I was dying about midday. Relief is coming though, look at the forecast this week. We're gonna be in the 60s/80s in DFW by Wednesday. You know I'm gonna be searching for that topwater bite.

Also a belated happy birthday!

[Texas Flood]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I'm probably further north than 95% of the members on this forum and it's been very hot here too.  Honestly, I think September has been hotter than August.  The water temp was 71 on Labor Day and it's 75 degrees again now.

I was out on the water yesterday and water temp was 75 with some coves at 80 degrees. It was hot but not super humid and there was a nice breeze at times. 

[gim]

21 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

I was out on the water yesterday and water temp was 75 with some coves at 80 degrees. It was hot but not super humid and there was a nice breeze at times. 

Tell you what, there is not much in the 10 day forecast resembling fall either. Mostly 70’s here.

[Texas Flood]

Same

[DaubsNU1]

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

I'm probably further north than 95% of the members on this forum and it's been very hot here too.  Honestly, I think September has been hotter than August.  The water temp was 71 on Labor Day and it's 75 degrees again now.

 

Been in the 90's this week in Nebraska. Water temps this morning were right at 75 degrees. Eight bass and 13 panfish this morning.  Trying again tomorrow...

 

[Bankbeater]

I was on the water Friday about 7:15.  I got off around noon.  I caught one dink about 7:30 and after that not even a bite.  I'm thinking the fish have more sense than I do in this heat.

[geo g]

I get it, it doesn't get any easier.  At 76 and its close to 100* almost everyday.  Water temps are 90* since July..  It just makes me want to keep the boat in the garage.   I do fish the banks for an hour in the afternoon, the best I can do!

[TnRiver46]

The sun angle is worse this time of year, always feels hotter to me in September than any other month even though the temp is slightly lower. 

[Bankc]

Yeah, the heat is good about that. 

When I was a kid, I used to wonder why my grandparents would sit out on the porch in the hot summer evenings in Texas and just stare out into the pasture and talk.  They said it was because the breeze was so nice.  But to me, the air conditioning was a whole lot nicer.  Then, as I got older, I started to understand how the heat can really wear you out.  And how sometimes just sitting on the hot porch at the end of a long day can really get your body ready for bed.  It makes it easier to relax and sleep.

 

Up until yesterday, this September has been ridiculously hot.  This summer started off fairly mild, but it's hanging around a lot longer than it's supposed to.  Thankfully, it's trying to cool off and might stay cool for a while.  

[Spankey]

Keep plenty of water on the boat. Keep the caffeine off the boat. Dehydration is a killer. Effects all parts of your body. You can be dehydrated and not even know it. 

[Bullett]

Im 61 years old, worked out in the oilfields here in Texas all my life on Drilling Rigs, cant work anymore due to my health. I sure cant take the heat like I used to could either.

[Motoboss]

At 70 I’m still good in the heat. It’s the freak’n cold, snowy winters that’s gotten to me. The thinner my blood gets the more the cold chills me to the bone.

Everything is paid for and to old to move and start over 🤪

[Zcoker]

Only 94? Come on down here to south Florida it’s so hot the water seems to boil. Can’t wait for it to cool off a bit. I’m usually packing up before the furnace kicks in. Then, later, it’s massive lightening bolts or hurricane warnings. Always something going on. 

[Swamp Girl]

It's cool in Maine and the water is cooling fast. When I dip my fingers in it, it's just tepid. The last few fishing trips, I've worn long pants, fleece atop my wicking tops, and wool socks. 

 

However, the cooling doesn't depress me. I need to hibernate after fishing hard through the spring, summer, and fall. Sure, I'll look out the windows at the glittering white and sometimes sigh, but I'm a northern bear, built to rest through the winter. 

[Catt]

On 9/22/2024 at 9:25 PM, geo g said:

I get it, it doesn't get any easier

 

“The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday.”