Hot temp fishing ?????????

[fisherdave]

How is the best way to fish for bass when the temp outside is 100 110 and the water is about 85 to 95 degrees?

FisherDave

[frogtog]

I would personaly try a video game at home, man that is HOT I fished one about three weeks ago and it hit 100. I still caught fish all day, I caught them early on topwater and moved out to the points with a CR about 10 am. I had a towel on my head all day.

[BassinBoy]

When its that hot it just isnt fun.  Just fish the hour or two before sunset when its slightly cooler.

[bkoguy07]

I still have fun when its hot, I get my tan on hahahahah that and I move out to deeper water structure and work it throughly with deep diving cranks, plastics and jigs.

[Daniel My Brother]

Bass don't seem to like being out in the sun any more than we do. Grass, deep water, and shady spots are where I look for 'em. But finding them can be a chore.

I have the best luck fishing grass on the edge of deep water with a jig or t-rigged soft plastic.

My second choice is a carolina rigged lizard around points.

Third choice is shady areas under overhanging trees.

These all work to some degree, but none are as effective (for me) as fishing the low light times of dawn and dusk...or even night.

[Catt]

Night  

[Grey Wolf]

Night

X2

[ba7ss3in]

Early mornings

[fishfordollars]

Nightime, deep, slow down, humps, drops, long points for starters with emphasis on the night time.

[roadwarrior]

Jig or soft plastic, on or around structure, in deeper water.

For big bass, wear a hat and bring some water:

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

8-)

[Siebert Outdoors]

Night

Yup,  no sunburn either ;D

[Big-O]

Deep water structure like humps or points with rocks, timber ledges or old river or creek channels nearby. Jigs, Carolina rig, DD22 cranks, sunscreen, wide brim hat and a wet towel for your neck. Go catch a PB.

Just got back from testing new designs at Lake Falcon and can't fish at night there this time of year due to winds regularly blow much harder at night then less during day causing extreme daytime heat conditions. Caught big fish and alot of them and all in the mid day heat.

Good Fishin

Big O

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[Wayne P.]

Get a couple of these, wear one, keep the other in your cooler, and alternate after a few hours.

http://www.officialcoolcollar.com/

[JShrock07]

Jig or soft plastic, on or around structure, in deeper water.

For big bass, wear a hat and bring some water:

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

8-)

So you are saying that the "big bite" is between 10-3???

[Rabbit_DTL]

2 biggest fish i have pulled in this year were both around 2:45 and 3 o'clock.

[roadwarrior]

Jig or soft plastic, on or around structure, in deeper water.

For big bass, wear a hat and bring some water:

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

So you are saying that the "big bite" is between 10-3???

Yep.  

Fish Chris is even more specific:  11:30 - 12:30 or

"either side of high noon!"

8-)

[Idiot4]

did this last week and they were all under thick Lillipads and anywhere there was shade, i ran a buzzbait over top of the lilli's and caught a few big ones.

Im in with everyone else on the night fishing though lol

[Max-in-Mn]

I've always had great luck throwing an unweighted plastic worm under docks in super hot weather.

[gokart83]

Hey there!

I went fishing with my uncle last week, and it was around 2:30pm. It was almost cloudless, and it was very hot. We had been fishing tight cover, and we had nothing, we decided to move out deeper, around 10' to 12'. We started smoking them on a slow moving plastic, and we landed a couple 3 pounders. Try this out, and also in a cold over-cast day, this worked. I hope I helped. Good luck 8-)

[Tin]

If I absolutley had to fish in those temps, find a bridge (so you stay cool too) and drop-shot the pillings.

[Mobydick]

I had a towel on my head all day.

I'll bet that worried some people, haha!

[MA_Bass]

For night fishing, do you guys changes up your lures or presentation much from what you use during the day? The majority of night fishing that I have done has been with shiners. Based on what I've read in this thread I'm feeling like kind of an idiot!

Clothing: wide brim hat, synthetic shirt with collar, long/baggy synthetic shorts that cover my knees while I sit. I use as little suntan lotion as possible b/c I'm guessing bass don't like the taste of it. EMS sells suntan lotion in a tube that works kind of like a deodorant stick so you don't have to rub it in with your hands.

I'm lucky that my favorite spot is a river that fishes well in the summer, at least once the water level drops. When the water is at its normal level the fish have access to un-fishable marshland. Perfect for little fish to grow. When the water drops everything is forced into the channel. Its a slow-moving river with easily identifiable undercuts so the fishing is incredible through July and August. Yamamoto's, weightless soft plastics and split-shotted soft plastics all work well. It depends on the depth and current. The goal is to go as light as possible.

[bass slayer21]

fish very deep water

[fishingaddict]

Living in southern Florida it's hot and humid all the time especially during summer, luckily I have grown mildly accustomed to it.  

I'd suggest, as other members have, going near sunset or if you can't, try to find a shady spot to at least keep the sun off of you.

[senkos 4 life]

on days with that kind of heat, i always go out some time between 6 and 10 in the evening.  when the water starts to cool off, the bass become more active, and they take almost anything you sling at em.