I was just wondering what some people had for water temps over the weekend. I was out friday morning on Long Lake and it started at 80-81 at 6am and was at 83ish and warming when I called it quits around 1130am. With that warm of water and the fact that I've got pretty fair skin and don't do well in the sun I shut it down for the weekend and bowfished the river Sat and Sun. The backwaters we launched at Saturday were at 86! With the upcoming forecast looks like its gonna be awhile before I'm able to get back to the muskies.
Saw the same thing coming 4th of July on Hudson. 4am temp 70, noon when I got off 82. I new it would be getting worse. Plus I worked all weekend and looks like the next couple of weekends, they have a ton of work and are about 2 weeks behind. Probably won't be till the end of Aug or Sep, hope temps go down by then.
I haven't been on any lakes the last couple weeks, do you guys think there is any chance of being able to fish Friday morning safely? I doubt it but now that I get Fridays off work Im dieing to get back out. I was hoping maybe if I went early, and obviously just did a water release I'd be fine. I was hoping one of you guys had been on some local lakes the last few days and might have an idea where the temps are at.
I was hoping to save myself the hassle of getting up early, picking up my boat, trailering it 20 miles to long lake, and then launching it only to find 84 on the sonar.
There is a new usgs gauge on the lower grand river that has temperature as a parameter. While its not a direct correlation because the river tends to fluctuate more rapidly than an inland lake, you can see the trends pretty well and inland lakes will typically run similar or a couple degrees warmer than the river but not much. The temperatures were in the low to mid 80s for much of the 2nd half of july and now are trending downwards in the 76-78 range.
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"Ranger" said:
This is really easy.If you want to be sure you don't injure a muskie then don't hook one in the first place.
Yep, that's the best way. Just use lures w/o hooks. Or – You can unhook them, put them in the bumpboard while they are still in the net, then just dip the net into the water, and watch them swim away strong! Just be sure that when you put your floating bumpboard in the water, then you keep track of it, and don't let it float 10' from the boat….
Rant rant rave rave!
I thought we established that folks can't guestimate the size of a passing fish all that well.
Tell you what. You get a mask/snorkle/fins and go swimming with the intent of touching a muskie over 40". You tell me it was over 40" and I'll throw in the next 10" to make it over 50". And I'll send you $10.
Can't beat that deal. Masks and snorkles are on sale rite now at Wallmart, too.
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