Bass on the beds???

i do not think fish relate to water temps as much as people think. Iknow we are talking about the spawn, but in general I think they relate to the amount of day light. Here is an example in August the water temp could be in the 80's and the fish shallow not deep. You would think with hot water temps they would stay deep but they dont. granted water temps do effect fish a little, i think the fish know when it is time to do something by the amount of daylight, long days short days. In the spring they go shallow in the summer they go deep and in the fall they come back shallow. I think the fish spawn in a period where the days are getting longer and that is a 2 or 3 month period.

any opinions about affects of the moon phase?i feel that plays a role too but no one has really mentioned it.I also caught one at rough year before last in late july at night that was a little over 5 in about 4 ft of water and the bottom half of her tail was gone and bloody.i think they'll nest a few times a year,i know crappie in the fall will have eggs.

The water temperatures are tied to the amount of sunlight the water receives. Unless there is some geothermal hot springs feeding a lake the main source of heat is the SUNLIGHT!

You block out the sun and the water will chill really quick.

Heat radiates off the water especially at night when there are not clouds to keep the heat in. This cools the water each night. Not until the sun pops up the next day will the water warm up.

You might say that water temperature is a record of the average amount of sunlight over the past few days. That's because of the specific heat of water. It take a while for water to warm up and it also takes a while for water to loose it's heat.

If more heat is added on average over a 24 hour period of time then the water will warm up a degree or two.

It all depends on the latitude of the lake and the amount of solar radiation hitting the water.

[quote=mrobertson;293786]i do not think fish relate to water temps as much as people think. Icon we are talking about the spawn, but in general I think they relate to the amount of day light. Here is an example in August the water temp could be in the 80's and the fish shallow not deep. You would think with hot water temps they would stay deep but they dont. granted water temps do effect fish a little, i think the fish know when it is time to do something by the amount of daylight, long days short days. In the spring they go shallow in the summer they go deep and in the fall they come back shallow. I think the fish spawn in a period where the days are getting longer and that is a 2 or 3 month period.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Moose1am;294407]The water temperatures are tied to the amount of sunlight the water receives. Unless there is some geothermal hot springs feeding a lake the main source of heat is the SUNLIGHT!

You block out the sun and the water will chill really quick.

Heat radiates off the water especially at night when there are not clouds to keep the heat in. This cools the water each night. Not until the sun pops up the next day will the water warm up.

You might say that water temperature is a record of the average amount of sunlight over the past few days. That's because of the specific heat of water. It take a while for water to warm up and it also takes a while for water to loose it's heat.

If more heat is added on average over a 24 hour period of time then the water will warm up a degree or two.

It all depends on the latitude of the lake and the amount of solar radiation hitting the water.[/QUOTE]

That is a interesting read but with all respect I have to disagree. Here is my point...in the last part of March the water temps on my local lake was averging 54 then the extrmely warm air tempatures hit and the lake jumped to 67 in just a few days. Then we had some extreme cold weather in the first part of April and the water temps fell back down to 57. The whole time this was going on the days were getting longer and we were having more sunlight but the warm and cold air of the jet steram heat and cool the water.

Feburaury in Flordia warm air tempatures warm jet stream fish on bed. Feburaury in Wisconson lots of sun but the jet stream is still cold lakes are froze hard.

Yes one can associate sunshine with warm weather/water but you need the warm jet stream pupming in the warm air. Cold jet stream and the sun will not be enough to heat the water. Hopefully we can disagree without having a argument.

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