Went fishing at Patoka and took some water surface temperature readings. I found that the back of the creeks in the shallower water was warmer at the surface than the deeper waters in the same creek arm.

I was thinking that the shallows having less water in them would change temp faster. I did expect the back of the creeks to be cooler than the deeper areas of the creek arm, but I found just the opposite.

I suspect that these creek arms had cooled off and then warmed back up with the sun. I must have caught them on the warming trend.

I was at Patoka Tue and again Wed and got the same temperature readings in the same area. We had lots of rain on Sunday and I wonder if that rain warmed up the back of the creek or cooled it down Sunday?

Anyone fish the back end of South Lick Fork last week and take any surface water temp readings that they care to share?




Regards,

Moose1am