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Post by Nitro Shane on Jun 25, 2008 16:09:09 GMT -5
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Post by txbucky on Jun 25, 2008 17:10:10 GMT -5
THat dude ain't from TExas....just kiddin', sounds pretty good to me! I agree on the creek channels.
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Post by bshiff on Jun 25, 2008 17:18:06 GMT -5
Yes and it has been a long time misconception that all bass go deep in summer. This is FALSE........Over the past two years I have found a huge piece of info......Maybe everyone has known and done this but I havent until now so I will now share with ya'll.
I have always went to lakes and adapted myself to the lake.......When in fact I now make the lakes adapt to me....AKA I will find a way to catch fish my way on any lake I go to. This keeps me throwing my confidence baits.
Look at Warren on Sommerville.........Everyone says you must go deep in summer and he helped prove that theory wrong.
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Post by txbucky on Jun 25, 2008 17:30:40 GMT -5
I think it depends on the lake more than anything......there ain't much deep water on Somerville, so the fish use the shade of the pads to ambush the large numbers of shad. Bass will be where the baitfish are..and on Somerville they'll be bustin'em in the pads! But on deeper lakes, you'd find fish following balls of shad in deeper water....L.T., Stillhouse, etc. Fayette's just crazy because of the power plant water temps, but u CAN catch them in the HOt water discharge in the summer! I think u have to adjust to the lake your fishin'.
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Post by Nitro Shane on Jun 25, 2008 18:22:32 GMT -5
I agree with the article.in the Summer fish are going to feed shallow and late and then move to deeper breaks related to structure (points, humps/dropoffs, channels, timber, docks).
I don't have as much experience on different bodies of water as you guys, but I think you have go to techniques for a certain time of year but you have to be willing to adapt to the conditions. You also have to have the tools/skills to apply different techniques to those conditions.
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Post by txbucky on Jun 25, 2008 18:58:25 GMT -5
I have to agree on what u said about feeding shallow early and late in summer and yes they will move out to deeper structure after the morning bite..........yet I think shade can play a big part in summer patterns as well..boat docks, pads, even submerged grass beds which offer plenty of cover, ambush points and oxygen. When Fayette was loaded with hydrilla, I use to tear em up in the grass in the summer. Especially with a C-Rig on the outside edge in the middle of the day! My fav summer pattern...wait for them rascals to school!!! Still, my approach on each lake might be different, yet I would always start with a top-water on a summer morning no matter which lake i'm on! But, ya'll kicked my butt on Somerville.
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zdawg
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Post by zdawg on Jun 25, 2008 23:01:58 GMT -5
Gotta find the themocline(or however you spell it). I haven't read the article you posted but that's my .02... Z  |
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Post by nspanntx on Jun 26, 2008 9:23:06 GMT -5
but u CAN catch them in the HOt water discharge in the summer! Bucky, I"m glad you said that! I get the "Whatchu' talkin' about Willis?" look from people when I tell them I caught fish in the discharge in the summer. Sometimes its so hot in there you can hardly breathe. The hot temperature you see on your graph is only surface temp of course.....down about 8' - 10' the water is alot cooler. I shucked my clothes one day and jumped in to find out for myself. I had been meaning to get a thermometer to lower down instead of jumping in but forgot so I just bailed off into it. Honestly, I think most of the fish in the discharge are resident fish and only leave to spawn on the flats close by. They can move vertically up and down the rip rap to suit their mood.... Well, thats my $.02.....so take it for what it worth. Noel |
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Post by txbucky on Jun 26, 2008 11:19:50 GMT -5
Noel,
I know what u are saying. I've caught fish in the discharge with surface temps 100 degrees. I've been in there at night in th summer and go up a little ways and then drag a 10 inch power worm on the rocks and let the current drift me back out and BAM....a 7 1/2 pounder. Another guy showed me, and I didn't believe him until I caught that big fish! The article and Blake are right that ALL fish won't be deep in summer. This makes me want to head to the lake!
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