Hot Weather Fishing

[crusian]

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 ? .

😃

[kevtaylor]

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.

[Golden Paws]

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.  

[yonny]

2 hours ago, crusian said:

So I'm guessing go for........

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.

[yonny]

2 hours ago, kevtaylor said:

As  an ex-ginger.....

Made me chuckle😅

[crusian]

2 hours ago, kevtaylor said:

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.

Thanks very much , Kev , top tips there .

From a Grey / Ginger 

😁

[crusian]

1 hour ago, Golden Paws said:

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 hope your session turns out much better than you are anticipating , Golden Paws .

Thanks for the tips .

😃 

[InteraX]

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.

[crusian]

29 minutes ago, yonny said:

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.

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 .