It's been that way here in Georgia for the last 6-8 weeks as well; just too hot to bother fishing. I did get lucky the other day and we had a very nice thunderstorm in the early afternoon which cooled things down quite a bit and gave a nice shot of fresh water to the lake I live on. It started out slow for the first 45 minutes or so, but then at 6 PM exactly it was like somone rang a dinner bell and the fish started hitting like crazy. I was using my 3 wt "bream" outfit, but it was mainly bass that were hitting, some pretty nice ones. I also caught some very nice blue gills and one Pumpkinseed that was so big that it was ugly. I only measured the Pumpkinseed with my outstretched fingers but it was between 12-13 inches long and loaded with eggs. It was really great to spend an evening in my kayak out on the lake and catching fish was just a nice bonus.
Jim Smith
Reply With Quote