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| Not that common sense prevails much these days, but I'd think most guys realize that catching a fish in July when it's 90 degrees outside and potentially killing it is not better than catching a fish when it cools down and potentially catching it again some day.
Who knows, maybe it's the same crowd that posts pictures of their fish and overstate the length by at least 10 inches. |
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Location: Royalton, MN | TCESOX - 7/9/2020 9:01 AM
Even though Mille Lacs is catch and release only, for walleye, they suspend even that, during the high temperature time because of documented higher hooking mortality.
The fact that Mille Lacs walleye love that 27-33' deep zone on the edge of the mid-lake mudflats contributed to that. They get the bends. |
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| July 10 Minnetonka
Big Island at 7 am temperature was 81.4
The basin was 83 when we left
Fished for bass and sunnies |
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Location: Otsego, MN | 81-82 Tonka today while bassing. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | kapcoleo - 7/9/2020 11:26 AM
I am probably opening up a can of worms, but as I watch any of the tv musky shows each and every fish they release is vertically held during the release process, some for a short time period and some longer. Are they damaging the fish or not and what is this saying to us??
This is actually a very good point and why I've been employing the 'splash down' method for a decade or so. Instead of holding the fish vertically, while taking time to bend over put it in the water, I let go of the head/gill area as I bend over, allowing the fish to 'settle' into the water horizontally. Since adopting this reduced handling method and educating our club members over the years, we've noted a quicker recovery period. I also don't hold the tail section of the fish at all at first. 80-90% of the time I gently splash them back in , they right themselves and swim away within seconds with little to no assistance, the key for us being not bump boarding(unless neccessary), and a camera ready for a couple quick snaps. Great topic, and not just for hot water.
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Location: MN | 72 upper St.Croix |
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| Any recent metro water temps? Thanks!
Just seen in another post upper 70s on waconia. Any others?
Edited by Musky Face 7/25/2020 5:59 PM
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| It was 78 on Tonka yesterday when we started,,80 when we quit
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| 81 on Indy late in the day. Keep in mind that every-ones graph will read temps a bit differently. Two years ago I had one on my bow that was about eight degrees high. |
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Location: Twin Cities Metro | Interesting. I had a steady 74 on White Bear this morning. I think my temperature sensor is pretty well-calibrated. It reads air temperature pretty accurately, anyway. I have seen a pretty steady decline in morning water temperatures since early July, consistent with our rainier and windier weather the last few weeks. |
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| 80 -81 Horseshoe chain yesterday.. |
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| scp - 7/8/2020 6:56 PM
Not buying most quit after 80, maybe 25%, but that's generous.
Yeah I don't believe that most people quit at 80 either. Why should they? Every person makes his or her own choice to fish muskies in warm water conditions. It shouldn't be mandated by some unwritten bullsh#t rules. The written rule is the season is open. If you want to fish, fish. That being said, I make a personal choice to stop fishing muskies when the water gets into the upper 70s and higher because their ability to cope with and recover from being caught is lessened. There isn't a magic number where you can say "everyone should stop fishing at this temp". You can tell when the muskies are starting to struggle regaining their faculties after being caught. Many times, the water temps are well south of 80 degrees when these signs show up. This is something I think people need to experience first hand. Years ago I used to fish all summer no matter what, and I had enough prolonged and tough releases that it makes fishing them no fun.
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Location: Royalton, MN | Some lakes are still cooking. I saw 83 on a lake well north of the metro yesterday. |
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