• I love fishing in the heat by Eager Beaver

    My ideal fishing in the summer time is around 100 degrees with a slight 5-10 mph wind from the south, and plenty of sunshine. I fish the shade or at least 15-20 ft or deeper of water, with trees or brush piles, with deeper water near by. I keep moving and don't anchor because it seems to spoke the Crappie if you sit in one spot very long.
    If I am by myself I will stay out in the deeper water and enjoy the sun. I fish a little slower with a jig when it is this warm. If I drop a jig down in a tree or brush pile and get a quick hard hit I know there are a lot of fish in the area so I will fish the spot for a longer period of time. Fish tend to bunch up in piles when the sun is shining bright and hit harder.
    When I have other people with me I will usually fish in the more shaded spots on the lake. I have a Bimini top on my boat and will put it up around 10:00 in the morning. The people with me can sit under it but I am running the trolling motor from the front and sit out in the sun. Every so often I will let the boat drift and sit under the shade and drink a bottle of water or Gator aide and cool down and then go back out and troll again. I am not trying to be macho but the warm sun makes the old bones feel better. I always have plenty of water, gator aide or coffee on the boat. Nothing will spoil a fishing trip faster than someone getting to much sun. EB

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