Many even have stereo units that will put your home system to shame. When the temperature goes up or down, anglers can reliably predict what bass will do. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Once the water temperature reaches 75 degrees or higher in the shallows, most bass will move off shore to deeper water. That means ice is less dense than water at warmer temperatures, except when it boils at 212° F. Then, water is vapor.

And while water temperature, pH levels and oxygen content are all interrelated, it’s the temperature that can be most easily determined and used. Modern day bass boats have more electronics in them than the cockpit of advanced tactical fighter planes or so it seems.

It is also important to realize that most of the time bass school up in size groups. In water colder the 60 degrees they become sluggish and mostly inactive. All exclusive Angler Spy lake water temperatures displayed are measured on location at 1′ below lake surface.

We provide water temperature data for inland lakes in the United States for fishing & lake enthusiasts.

Using Water Temperature: When trying to locate fish, many anglers use water temperature as a litmus test for bass behavior on a seasonal basis. Once the school is located, stick with it and you may just find one of these gold mine “spots on the spot”. The bass will lie in wait for prey. More research has been conducted on water temperature and bass behavior than any other in the fish’s lifestyle. This tiny meter can tell you where bass should be, and how deep they’ll be holding; when bass should be most likely to feed and the most active.

Pay attention to the water temperature and use this to your advantage to locate schools of fish. Bass Lake Water Company serves a year-round population of approximately 500 customers and a seasonal population of about 3,000 customers. There is nothing like locating that school of pigs because during this time frame those fish will hold an area for days and sometimes weeks.

In the same sense, if you catch a 1 pound fish there will be more like that down there. 86-029, is located generally along the north and northwest shores of Bass Lake … Water temperature will affect the bass much more then any other factor.

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That cover may be the bottom, a weed line, a brush pile or a rock pile. Continuing with the seasonal change, water temperatures will slowly drop into the mid 50’s and lower 60’s as fall begins. There are many other fish that would love a nice meal of bass. There may be one big boulder down there or something of that nature that has gotten that fish to that spot. For all sorts of lake-relatved recreation such as swimming boating,and fishing, this site provides mathematically generated instantaneous and 5-day predictions of lake surface water temperatures. It gives you, quite simply, what you need to plan your bass-fishing day, water temperature. Talk with the country’s best bass anglers. In my experience, once a deep water fish is caught I slow down and fish the area very thoroughly. Temperature prediction accuracy is expected to range between 1 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit. Pay close attention to where you casted when you catch that first nice fish. Some boats are equipped with barometers and air-temperature gauges. It can even recommend the types of lures you should tie on and how they should be fished. This is the main reason bass school up in deeper water during the warm weather months. Find the crawfish and you will find the bass. It is for this reason that in the warmer weather months if you find a fish in deeper water, chances are there are more there.