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Hello Anglers,
The most overlooked equipment on a bass boat is the easiest to
operate and is, literally, the most important instrument. This
tiny meter can tell you where bass should be, and how deep
they'll be holding; when bass should be most likely to feed
and the most active. It can even recommend the types of lures
you should tie on and how they should be fished.
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How Water Temperature Affects Bass Behavior
Knowing the water temperature and tracking it's changes is the
most important information. And while water temperature, pH
levels and oxygen content are all interrelated, temperature
can be most easily determined and used. More research has been
conducted on water temperature and bass behavior than any
other in the fish's lifestyle. When the temperature goes up or
down, anglers can reliably predict what bass will do. It's a
variable that can be reacted to in a set way.
Why Water Temperature? Bass, like all fish, are cold-blooded.
They depend upon their environment to provide them with
adequate warmth so they can live comfortably. As water temper-
ature rises and falls, bass change their lifestyle to match
conditions. In colder water, for example, their metabolism
slows and they become less active. When the mercury rises, so
does their metabolism; they become more active and aggressive.
Water temperature is also closely related to water oxygen
content, another key in bass behavior. Without adequate oxygen
in its bloodstream, a bass will slow its activity level. With
increased oxygen, it becomes spunky and active again. For the
average bass anglers, however, measuring water temperature is
much easier than oxygen levels. Knowing the prevailing water
temperature will tell an angler a lot about the lake's oxygen
content without his worrying about measuring it.
Using Water Temperature: When trying to locate fish, many
anglers use water temperature as a litmus test for bass
behavior on a seasonal basis. However, it can also be used on
a day-to-day, and even hour-to-hour, measure during some
seasons. Generally, when the water temperature rises into the
mid to upper 50s Fahrenheit, sluggish bass begin moving out of
deep water into more shallow depths in preparation for the
spawn. They use both the water temperature and the photoperiod
the amount of daylight on a given day as their key indicators
that it's time for spawning.
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Continued...
Most biologists agree that a water temperature between the low
60s and 72 degrees is when bass remain in the shallow-water
flats to begin spawning. As the spawning cycle ends and water
temperature levels stabilize somewhat during late spring and
early summer, most bass move off the flats and into relatively
deeper water, where they spend the hottest days. A few will
always live in the shallow flats areas, but most move deep.
As summer ends and fall arrives, water temperatures cool down
a bit and many bass again move into shallow-water structure
areas before heading to the deep water they call home in
winter. Knowing the water temperature will help you locate
bass at any given time. It can also help you find the most
aggressive fish-the ones easier to catch.
In spring, for example, as the water warms, look for likely
prespawn areas near protected northern coves and creek mouths.
Water warms in these areas earlier than all areas on the lake.
It's because of the way they catch the sun's rays, and because
creek water flowing into a lake in spring is warmer than the
lake itself. In these areas, the bass's food-chain creatures
will also be the most active. By following this pattern around
the lake as the prespawn period develops, you'll be fishing a
lake's more aggressive bass. The key, then, in early season is
to follow, and fish, the warmest areas of the lake. During the
post-spawn period, however, look for those areas in which the
water temperature warms up later than it did in other areas. In
these areas, you'll still find active, aggressive bass. Other
areas that had good action early in spring are in a sluggish
summer mode.
In summer, using a temperature gauge to probe the depths of
the lake in 1-foot increments is the key to good fishing. Now
you search for the thermocline, where water temperature at
different levels breaks sharply. Bass tend to school tightly
in the thermocline because it provides them with more oxygen.
Find its depth, then look for structure like rock piles, brush
piles, trees, creek channel edges, ledges and so on, at the
thermocline's depth, and you're in business. In winter, when
bass go deep and are sluggish, again the water temperature
gauge is your key to success. Now you're searching for deep-
water areas in which the water is a few degrees warmer than
other areas. Underwater springs, which often pump warm water
into the cold depths of a reservoir, have huge schools of bass
living around them in winter.
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Concluded...
Bass rarely eat when the water temperature is below 45
degrees. Their feeding frequency increases between 47 and 70
degrees, but shuts off again at around 90 degrees. Dr. Hill's
magic temperature is 80 degrees. His studies show this is when
the fish are most aggressive and active, and also when they
grow the quickest.
A bass's metabolic rate - controlled by the water temperature
is the key. When the water's cold, the fish's metabolic rate
is slowed. Therefore, it doesn't digest foods as quickly as
when temperatures are warmer. When a bass eats, but doesn't
digest its food, that means it won't be hungry again for days.
And since we catch most of our bass simply because they're
hungry, this affects our catch rates. Also, when metabolic rates
are slower, the bass want something that's easy to catch. That's
why slow-moving, bottom-crawling baits and lures work best at
this time of year.
Generally, as water temperatures increase in spring during the
pre-spawn period form 45 degrees through 55 degrees, the bass
will still be sluggish. They should be fished with slow-moving
baits like jigs, spoons, worms and the like. When the water
temperature increases from 60 degrees to 72 degrees, the fish
enter the spawn mode. Then baits with a medium retrieve speed;
top waters, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, as wells as
jigs, worms, and salamanders will produce best. During the
post-spawn period, with water temperatures ranging from 72
through 90 degrees, it makes sense to fish fast-moving,
reaction-type baits. Buzzbaits, top-water plugs, spinnerbaits,
jerkbaits, jigging spoons and crankbaits make great additions
to the plastic worm/jighead arsenal.
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