Getting hot - fishwise - too bad my partner couldn't stand the heat
I'm not crazy fishing in a 100 degree heat index but I lived in Texas for over four years and dealt with it in the hottest part of summer. A bit older now, but if you wear the right clothes and drink cool fluids you can still catch fish from morning until afternoon. The bite was good though scattered and the strikes HARD from crappie averaging over 10.5" to decent sunfish, yellow perch and a 2.75 lb bass. Some kayakers we compared notes with also caught a good quantity until they left.
Surface water temp. got to be 85 degrees and we hit fish in 6-7' in many areas - 51 fish to be exact before leaving at 11 am. Heat index was getting near 95 degrees, presently over 100 with little or no wind.
Crappie Magnets in bright colors did well rigged on 1/16 jigs:
https://i.imgur.com/oOGHayw.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/Kn1OWhF.jpg
I also caught the four species on my clear-stubby-tail grubs catching fish near surface and down 5' from it.
https://i.imgur.com/8PeIcL9.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/3JQu1Zp.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/SRhuKJx.jpg
Doubt I'll go tomorrow considering the traffic on this local lake today. A heat index of 100 + is a bit harsh even for me (though I can only sit in my basement making lures for only so long regardless the weather...)
