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| Some people believe that weather is THE biggest factor the affects when or if fish will bite. While there certainly are several others, I'd agree that weather conditions are at the top of the list. Whether a cold front, or wind, or rainy---it seems to matter.
They 10 day forecast for the Hayward area indicates that August will finish out with high temps hovering only in the low 70's. So the water temps will probably be dropping little faster than some other years going into September--my personal favorite month of the year. Seems like in September especially, anything goes on where fish could be or what lure will produce. And I love being able to add a Sucker hanging over the side to the arsenal.
So, what do you guys think...is this cooler than average summer likely to have any impact on the mid-September bite? It's anybody's guess, but I'm curious as to what you project and how you might fish it.
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| In my experiences this has been by far the best summer of fishing in a long time. Fish have been active daily, BIG fish too, with many 2 to 6 fish days. The cooler water temps I think have helped far more than they have hurt the fishing............ | |
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| Hawkeye, after rereading your post, that was maybe not what you were looking for.
I would approach it like I do most times on the water. Start by fishing what has worked for you in the past under similar conditions and then make strategic changes from there. Typically I start to see the fish in MN be a bit shallower come September, but that is just an overall generalization as I have caught them deep on certain days during the month as well.
Bucktails and topwater seem to be hot during this month, at least for me. I have not fished the Hayward area so I do not have any specifics for you from the region, but I am sure many others here can be more helpful than I.
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| Appreciated both of your posts, asteffes. Your second one is on target for what I was thinking about. Just 'forecasting' what conditions could be like when I get up to Hayward next month, and kind of developing a mental game plan to start off the hunt with. Always appreciate the input of the experienced! | |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | The weather this year likely prevented any thermocline from developing, which by default should mean that we don't have to deal with the dreaded "turnover" which will give us 4 or 5 days more of fishing responsive fish.
I'm looking forward to one of the best falls of muskie fishing in years. | |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Steve is right on no thermocline developing on the Hayward area lakes this year. I haven't seen one that's visable on either of my Lowrance units. Last year I really got into the deep, big bait bite for big muskies. That didn't get hot and heavy until the thermocline set up though. This year, I banged me head against the wall trying to make it happen, but only picked up a fish here and there deep. I have shifted shallower, to fishing rocks and weedlines, and have been at least seeing some fish. Not a lot of big ones, but I lost a 45+ a while ago, and had a follow from a low 40's last night. I think MORE fish are shallow than deep now. I think there are still some BIG fish deep, but they've been few and far between for me.
What does this mean for fall? Well, I'm not really sure. LIke Steve said, turnover shouldn't be a problem. I would expect to see fish bahaving like they normally would in late fall. I have been wondering if there won't be a big rush to the early fall shallow water bite this year. I always believed that when the wter went from 80+ to around 70, the fish rushed in to the shallows to feed. This year, the water never really got over 70 with any consistency, so I'm not sure if we'll see that heavy late August into early October heavy feed?
Time will tell.
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The cool Summer continues...