Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Water temp

It's been a mild winter here to say the least and I was out on the dock this weekend I noticed the signs of spring are already showing up. Water temps is 62 degrees and I has spawning beds in some of the shallow areas. Tilapia have been spawning as there are hundreds of fingerlings in the shallows. On Sunday, 81 degrees, the bass were in a feeding frenzy in the shallows with spashes as they went for the kill.

Just need rain and thing swill be good.

I electrofished one of my ponds last week, found baby bluegill, half an inch long. Can't be older than three weeks. You must be in deep south Texas. I'm near the Red River.

Don't let your guards down. Winter's not over yet by a long shot. We're projecting lows of 5 degrees in the Chicago area by Tuesday. Some of that could flow your way albeit moderated.

There's even some talk February could see temps lower than December when all is said and done. One computer model projected 1 to 2 feet of snow in our area by Saturday but it's backed off to a couple of inches now.

BTW one of the biggest and deadliest blizzards ever to hit the east coast was preceded by a warm spell that made everyone think of spring.

I'm guessing the water temperature around here is in the lower 40's right now. I might have to go bass fishing after work this afternoon, cold water crank-en really does work.

I went fishing monday on the lake and caught 20 largemouth. 5 were 12"-13" so I let them go while the rest were 12" and smaller and the 15 fish weighted 9 pounds on my analog handheld scale. I was out for about 4 hours with an hour break and I stopped around 1:00pm CST. I had caught 4 fish released two by 11:00am CST so most of my fish were caught around noon.

It was cold too. I'd say very low 50's for the most part but high 40's after the wind chill factor. Still very much above the average temperature. Its fairly normal though to have abnormal temperatures in the winter here but on average it doesn't last this long and we get two snows a month.

I went around the shore on the lake once in the morning and then twice around noon. They were scattered but I was catching them. I caught more on this trip than I've done on this lake in one day, ever. I'd compare it to the Kentucky/Barkley Lake trip we took in October. It was chilly then yet I caught 26 fish that day and most were before noon. They was all 9"-13" fish but there was smallmouth mixed in with the largemouth. Smallmouth and awesome fish.

They always seem to be scattered around the shore here. Trolling the open water has caught me a few fish but I haven't had the fish finder out to look at it much. I really want to put in some deep water cover but I have to "map" the lake first. I have put in two small-medium sized brush piles that had dozens of fish on them for the first year they were in the water but the first one rarely produces fish now and second has tappered off alot. Probably time to put out another one.

Hey TX715, I heard on the weather report this morning that we have had the warmest January in 83 years.

Dave,

Tell me about it. I left some work to do this winter and I still have yellow jackets and bees here. It is supposed to get in the low 80's again today.