The bite will slow down every summer

[Slabin_Sammy91]

Shoot the docks


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[bob331]

There isactually a method coupled with sound physiological reasoning to “the bite.”

Some may call itnatural conservation of energy. It’s based on digestion that is regulated by oxygen availability in environmental water. It requires a lot of oxygen for digestion to function properly in cold blooded fish and 85 F - 90 F water contains far less dissolved oxygen than colder 70F F water.

Those DogDays of Summer are definitely coming again like the flu season and those hottest days of the year coming again soon are as predictable as the rising of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. Sirius rises again 70 days from today.

How Water Temperature and Oxygen Affect Fishing https://www.mistertwister.com/twister-tips/article/how-water-temperature-and-oxygen-affect-fishing/417

There’s no simple answer to the question, “Why do fish bite?” Many variables are involved. *Two of the most important conditions dictating fish feeding activity are:
1. Water Temperature
2.Oxygen Content

However warm water does not contain much excess oxygen, which fish need. When it gets too warm and oxygen levels drop, fish become sluggish and inactive.

Favored Temperature Ranges

Listed below are the favored temperature ranges where digestive systems function best,and the oxygen content is high enough. Usually,the best conditions exist in the middle of the range.

Crappie 65 F– 75 F… best water temperature is 70 F.

The hotter the water the slower the bite, the Dog Days of Summer is the hottest environmental water temperature in the America.

When are those Dog Days of Summer 2020 coming again?

Farmer's Almanac lists the traditional timing of the Dog Days: the 40 days beginning July 3 and ending August 11, coinciding with the heliacal (at sunrise) rising of the Dog Star, Sirius.

[Barnacle Bill]

I use to think that they slowed down too. Until I went fishing with a friend of mine on Kerr Lake here in Va. He ave raged 150 each trip and this was in the July-Aug time frame. It was hot-hot-hot. The secret to catching them all came down to one thing. You have to be able to see your line.

[bob331]

Bill - That is certainly a nice mess of fish in anyone book any time of year. What did you do on the Patrol Torpedo boat subchaser?

[Barnacle Bill]

Bill - That is certainly a nice mess of fish in anyone book any time of year. What did you do on the Patrol Torpedo boat subchaser?

Well that's the first time I've ever heard of PT referred to as a Patrol Torpedo boat subchaser.

[Fishfishwish]

I thought frigates and the like were sub chasers these days?

[Central Minn]

June-July-August is when I catch the most up here, crank baits,spoons,spinners, and speed.

[Mississippiboy]

I have found this to be a great time to fill the cooler. The hard part is finding them but once you do the action is fast.

[J.M.]

I can't seem to get them to bite under the lights after june here in Mo. What am I doing wrong.

[stormcloud]

After the spawn the fish will scatter. There will still be small schools under docks and on brush piles but the majority will scatter an go to a deeper water. The
secret to catching volume is as simple as covering a lot of water. Hence, cranking, long line-ing, pushing or pulling at .8 tenths to 2 MPH. And before anybody
tells me, I already know that your grandfather used to tie his boat to a snag and fill the boat with 3 pounders in 200 degree weather in less than an hour. They
will start schooling again after the first cold spell in the fall.