07-09-2014, 11:21 AM
[#0000FF]Yep. The fish are still there...just changing up their habits. They don't like the heat any more than we do. In the shallower water they have more difficulty finding cool spots to their liking.
In days of old I fished walleyes at night during the summer...when we could go in and out of the State Park whenever we wanted. But in those days the walleyes stayed around the rock dikes more. That's where the crappies were and crappies were the main forage base before the gizzard shad came on the scene. A couple hours of throwing Thin Fins and plasics parallel to the rocks would usually produce a limit. But in those days a limit was two fish over 20 inches...6 total. It was difficult to find under 20s so a limit would be two fish...and releasing another 8 to 10 that were over 20.
Glad you guys found a few. I'm sure you were hotter above water than I was below. Reminded me of my days in Arizona. There were days when it was already 90 degrees at daybreak and over a hundred by the time we had enough...about 10 in the morning. But, as they say in Hell...it's a nice dry heat.
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In days of old I fished walleyes at night during the summer...when we could go in and out of the State Park whenever we wanted. But in those days the walleyes stayed around the rock dikes more. That's where the crappies were and crappies were the main forage base before the gizzard shad came on the scene. A couple hours of throwing Thin Fins and plasics parallel to the rocks would usually produce a limit. But in those days a limit was two fish over 20 inches...6 total. It was difficult to find under 20s so a limit would be two fish...and releasing another 8 to 10 that were over 20.
Glad you guys found a few. I'm sure you were hotter above water than I was below. Reminded me of my days in Arizona. There were days when it was already 90 degrees at daybreak and over a hundred by the time we had enough...about 10 in the morning. But, as they say in Hell...it's a nice dry heat.
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