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As expected, my trip was a grueller and I packed up Sunday morning despite having paid until 6 in the evening.  I couldn't believe how warm the water was when I washed my hands in the lake.
There were a few fish crashing about early morning but they didn't seen interested in feeding. I should have had a good nights sleep but both nights I think that one fish was trailing tackle as I had numerous lifts on the bobbin before settling again, despite using backleads.

Damn these fish they just don't care about an angler's comfort ! .
Good on you for putting Sky's needs first . 
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Damn these fish they just don't care about an angler's comfort ! .
Good on you for putting Sky's needs first . 
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Depends on how badly you want to catch ‘em  lol
sometimes life’s too short.
 

Oh no ! , in other words I can't just plonk myself down in the nearest shady spot I've got to actually put the effort in , how disappointing .
Still good guidance as well as Kev , and Golden Paws .

Oh no ! , in other words I can't just plonk myself down in the nearest shady spot I've got to actually put the effort in , how disappointing .
Still good guidance as well as Kev , and Golden Paws .

Thanks very much , Kev , top tips there .
From a Grey / Ginger 
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Oh no ! , in other words I can't just plonk myself down in the nearest shady spot I've got to actually put the effort in , how disappointing .
Still good guidance as well as Kev , and Golden Paws .

Thanks very much , Kev , top tips there .
From a Grey / Ginger 
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I was out Sunday early and had a good result whilst it was overcast (see July Catch Reports), but ibthink that was very much down to local conditions.
The club shut all fishing as of 11pm last night die to hugh water temps and their concern over DO, so I can't fish my preferred venue.
I'm not sure I would go out locally right now. Its 30 outside as I write this and forecast up to 33/34 later today and throughout the week. Just unpacking the car, getting to the swim and setting up can be very unpleasant in this weather.

Don't guess.....
Treat it like any other session and try to find the carp.
If you can't find them, I'd start on the end of the wind but be ready to move on any sighting. Imo deep water is not the one in high temps but hey.... I've seen them show up in the oddest of places at the oddest times of year!
20C+ is bad for oxygen but good for digestion/feeding.... but digestion uses lots of oxygen (lol). Swings and roundabouts mate. All you can do is find them and fish for them.

I've got a 48 hour session booked for this weekend that I paid for last year and not particularly looking forward to it. Luckily that lake that I'm going to has quite good night form and early mornings also are pretty good but then not expecting anything until the following evening.
On my park lake a few days ago, I was catching a few in very shallow water. I didn't actually plumb it but the time lag between opening the hopper on the boat and the lead smacking down was minimal, I reckon it was probably on about 2 foot but it was under the far bank trees. The lake is a dammed stream and I've been catching at the top end when the effect of the oxygenated water flowing in is at it's greatest.  

I went Saturday 6pm to Monday morning 9am and yes it's too hot for me so made sure I started in a swim with shade and some breeze, problem was I saw fish opposite in a swim with less breeze and much less shade but had to move.
It's a long day waiting for dawn bite times and too hot to snooze in the daytime but I did have 2 takes around 8am before leaving so worth the effort.
I'm not going this weekend too hot but the weekend after I will do at least Saturday night to Sunday morning as the weather is cooling off.
If you're on a lake worth surface fishing then you could catch all day as long as you're confortable.
I have bought myself the Korda sun protection shirt (long sleeved/high neck) which means I dont have to worry about sun cream and some super lightweight combats/shorts from Fortis which were both ideal, oh and a sun hat ESP, drink lots of water.
Up at Trentview a few years back we sat in the water on our chairs most of the day to keep cool, which was lovely.
As  an ex-ginger the heat isn't my thing at all and it does put me off.

Hello Everyone .
I hate this hot weather , but if I did try and go fishing , hiding in a shady spot would it be worth all the effort ? .
The water temperature readings I have been getting are in the 20's C .
So I'm guessing go for deep , but how deep ? , water ; aerated , and try to avoid the bright sun ? .
What are people doing please ? .
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Ah , Zombie Sheep Lake ,and now they are coming mob handed 😱 .

One from the weekend after the heatwave.

I would defo have a rod on any source of aeration tbf.

A lake I fish has several lake bed aerators and it does produce a current almost similar to a river and the fish do feed just downstream of them. They also have 2 large water fountains that run for about 4 hours in the summer mornings and  I tend to avoid those areas, it must be like sticking your head in the Marshall stack at a Motorhead concert- -trust me, I've been to one!

Oh poo .
Also you impatiently  waited all of June ? , to go fishing and then we have a heatwave ! .
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Just got back from a 48 hour session that was booked months ago and it was pretty grim with sweltering temperatures and little sign of feeding fish. Both mornings the bailiffs were out in the boat scooping up dead fish. I saw one fish swimming upside down and it tried to right itself but an hour later it washed into my margins dead. The one's I saw with my binoculars seemed to be around the 5lb mark and so hopefully the big girls will be OK.  

I had a 3 x 3m parasol installed in Feb for this. I have various air supply systems working. Still not enough it seems😩

Hello Yonny .
I was sad to read about your favourite Koi .
I seem to remember in hot countries they errect " sails " to provide shade from the sun , and spray water ( in mist form ? ) over the area they want to cool down . Would this be a practicable / too expensive possible solution ?.
 

Well it was a difficult weekend to say the least. I got the new/additional airlines in on Thursday night before going fishing on Friday night. Both of the fish that were struggling (a 68cm yamabuki (bright yellow/gold common) and a 60cm doitsu kohaku (white/orange mirror)) seemed to improve initially. The fishing was just savage in that heat on Friday so by 9am Saturday morning I was back home to check on the koi.
The smaller of the two, the kohaku, was feeding and swimming around like nothing ever happened - a full recovery it seemed, but I couldn't spot the big yamabuki. At 10am, having still not spotted the yamabuki, I started work cleaning the filters. I still had my polarised sunnies on after fishing and I was taking a closer look at the fish from the filter house when I spotted one on its side on the bottom. I knew straight away which one it was and so it proved when I fished it out with the net. One of the best in there and certainly one of the most valuable... the yamabuki.... dead.
Digging the grave in 35 degrees was not fun as you can imagine but that paled into insignificance compared to the pain of losing one of my favourite and most valuable koi.
I'm a member of several koi pages on social media and it seems all over the country people are losing fish despite following all the right procedures. My water parameters are fine and I have tonnes of oxygen going in. There's not much more I can do. I'm hoping this drop in temps does us all a big favour but I know that we're heading back up to 30 degrees after next weekend. I've increased the frequency of my water changes in an attempt to bring water temps down so that should help a little.
So basically it turns out winter is a doddle compared to summer when it comes to keeping koi. I knew that high temps introduce risk for koi but I genuinely thought I was prepared for it. Let's just hope that that's the end of the serious problems.