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| In the spring and your looking for the warmest side of the lake, maybe more weed growth or just a warm sand flat. Which side would it be? I know the sun has something to do with it and I thought I had it all down. But while reading musky articles two musky fisherman said different sides. Which side?? Thanks!!! Jake |
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| typically you will find the warmest water on the north end of the lake, but it can depend on which way the wind has blown the surface water the preceding day(s)....
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| The north side of the lake gets more sun because of longer hours of exposure. |
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| and the typically south winds that push the surface (warmer) water to the north end.... |
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| So, say there is a hot day on monday then tuesday it cools down ten decrease and has a west wind. Does that mean the east side of the lake will be the warmest because of the warm surface temp from the other day will move to the east side cause of the wind? |
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| it could...use your temp gauge and find out... |
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| Also something to consider is that Western Shores warm up faster in the AM and Eastern Shores Stay Warmer into the PM. |
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Location: Chicagoland | The north-west end is often were the warmest water is. Last spring, I was on a smaller lake looking for bass and didn't see any. I remembered that in spring fish will move to the northerly shorelines for warmth. Sure enough, when I got there, it was a fish spa, hundreds of fish. There were craps, bluegill, bass, and a few pike all separated by species, all within 200 feet of each other. I'm guessing the sun heated that water up nicely. Strange thing was I couldn't catch a single one of them. TOO spooky.
If the north end doesn't work, just look for the most colored water, as this is more easily heated by the sun than crystal water. Nail a pig! |
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| With the food chain starting to come alive as water temps are warming I won't focus specifically on the warmest water by tossing a temp probe out and locating warmer water. I go back a step and focus on divergencezones where alot of your smaller animal and plant life is caught up in or pushed to as a result of a langmuir effect. It's not as simple as just focusing on a reef, shoreline, or weededge that wind is pounding on but rather taking into consideration a tumbling effect that happens to water as wind blows across it that sets this phenomenon up. |
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| ulbian. you like big words and stuff.... but i disagree with you |
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| Come on now Matt, we've talked about this stuff and have fished this stuff together. It's just that when we were getting flashed by 15 year olds and you got all excited about it or when we would see a pontoon full of the Amish we weren't talking in 20 dollar sentences. hehehehe. |
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Which Side?