dog days in the east
With the heat coming to the north east (I'm in NY state) this weekend, we've officially hit the dog days of summer and fishing reports around here are pretty depressing.
What do most folks do when the dog days hit? Head for the hills (small mountain streams)? Tailwaters for trout? Mess around in the salt? Go north (or west... In my case waay west)? Switch to warm water fish like bass? Other thoughts?
Well, lets see hmmmmm I guess in the heat I just fish less (not), I am introducing myself to warm water but thankfully where I live in pa there are alot of spring creeks that stay cool all year long. Oh, and I drink more cold beverages.
wire
Get out early and watch the mist swirling on the water. Hide, if possible, during the heat of the day. Enjoy top water bass and bluegills in the long summer twilight.
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I either 1) look for sreams where the water remains cool and decent trout fishing can be found or 2) go bass fishing.
I'm lucky to have one of the best smallmouth bass fishery's in the U.S. within a 30 miniute drive ....so option #2 always looks good.
[This message has been edited by tea stick (edited 15 July 2006).]
iso,
Go fishing for gills and bass in ponds or smallmouths in rivers. If you can get permission to fish in ponds on golf courses you will have plenty of fun. Last weekend I took my son and his cousins fishing at my brother-in-laws golf course. The boys caught lots of gills and one of them got a 4 lb bass too. So did I on my 6wt, now that was a lot of fun.
Jerry
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I don't know but the water temp's have been in the upper 50's to lower 60's here in North Central PA. The water flow is strong and so are the trout for this time of year.
Ron
Well let's see - got up this morning 3:00AM left for the lake. Checked the temperature at about 4:30AM it was 94 degrees outside. We got in the boat and I did catch a Striper of about 12" but had a good time. Off the lake and in the A/C by 10:00AM. Temperature at 106 and headed up! I'll stay in the A/C the rest of the day.
That's what we do here in the western states.
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heat's up here pretty good... so today we hit the horseshoe sholls of of the cape for blue fish man did we have fun hit em trollin hit em on top like i said we had a ball
sunday i'll take the new (used) yak out on the squannicook river at sunrise and try for a few trout befor the sun gets to high
tight lines
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iso - in line with wireguy's spring creeks, summer's the time of Tricos, which are a most reliable hatch and last for months. Getting up and on the water a little after dawn and watching the mists clear are different, but still same in a way, to the spring evening spinner fall frenzies. But a big difference is you can see more easily to tie on flies and adjust tackle as the feeding progresses.
Then of course, a nice lunch in the shade or some A/C restaurant is a nice way to taper off. Then you can go be a family man for the rest of the day, maybe even take the frau out for the evening.
Sometimes I do bass and panfish in the evening. It's an interesting juxtaposition to do 8X (or finer) and #28's and 1-3 wts in the morning, then pull out a 7 or 8wt in the evening and CROSS THEIR EYEBALLZ with poppers.
tl
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Well the two closest trout streams to me, (10 minutes, 20 minutes), are Limestoners and never get much above 60 degrees so I have no issues.
On the other hand, I was exploring a Class A on Friday that had a water temp of 77 degrees! I was in and out in less than 30 minutes.
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