Night time temps more important than daytime

i am convinced that night time temperatures are more important than daytime concerning when fish spawn or become more active, especially in shallow water depths...daytime temps can get into the 70s, but if the night time temps are still in the 30-40 range the fish won't be as active...but if the night time temps are in the upper 40s to 50s,,,and daytime in the 70s...this will trigger the fish to spawn and become more active..of course this is just a theory...not proven but observed by many days on the water..so i get excited when those warm days and cool, not cold nights get here, because i know the action is going to be great..

Morgan City forecast.....47 tonight......71 tomorrow......I hope you are right.....I will put the theory to a test......shoot...it don't matter if it works.....I know we will have a blast anyhow...did I say ....I love being retired.....

I saw a post on the Arkansas board tonight that said when the day time high temp and the night time low temp totaled at least 100 then get ready for it was about to happen.

Bobfish is pretty much right on at least as for down here in south louisiana.

the warm nights are important for a couple of reasons, first off the water temp doesnt drop as much so that means higher water temps the following day. Also of at least as much importantance when the temp is higher at night in spring it means the return of clouds, wind, lower pressure, humidity, and that we are moving away from a front as probably approaching another. This week is almost the perfect set up.. days like Sunday and Today and tomorrow with high temps near 70 that will warm the water but are bright bluebird days with fairly tough fishing. then toward the end of this week the pressure will drop, humidity etc return and on top of that full moon friday. nighttime temps will still be little cool but fishing thurs til mon or so is should be super in our area(hope to get out about four of those days to find out). The funny thing about bass and sacalait fishing (especially in spring) is that people will say dont you wish you were fishing on a day like today(bright, high pressure) my response is always no I want to work today and fish on the cloudy, windy ,humid day that happens a couple of days later. On another note my dad caught 11 today so it wasnt terilble but slow(all males not suprising this close to full moon) females should return by end of week

By far the best days are those night when the front is approaching and the night temp is 60-62 On those days you are almost guaranteed a good day during the spawn. I could go on and on but think I'm done

Later

I put in to have Thursday and Friday off to make a 4 day weekend If the boss approves it I will be fishing hard and heavy the end of this week

Bob,

I agree with you 100%. I think the nightime dewpoint temperature is the most important. When it gets above 50°F, hang on, its right for the crappie spawn. (54°F for the bass spawn)

I agree with everything you said except for the sun/cloud thing. The brighter it is, the sunnier, the more wind, the better success I seem to have. Clouds never seem to produce as much for me. Not that I haven't had good days that were cloudy, or bad days that were sunny, just as a general rule, I'll work when it's cloudy and fish in the sun, but comfort doesn't have anything to do with it.
My 2 cents

Kman---thats why i tried to mention where i was which is southeast louisiana. Also what i mentioned is based on spawning fish and my thoughts on summer conditions are a little different. Those conditions I spoke of always seem to be best here mostly because of water is mostly 6 feet deep at most in most areas with our lakes all being 4-6 feet deep. I have noticed that in other parts of Louisiana especially on lakes with deeper water in that most people do better on calm clear days by reading there post.

ANother place is Grenada in Mississippi. Because the water is chocolate milk you want bright sun and calm to help fish see the bait. The days I have been there with clouldy conditions have been a struggle.

Kind of fits my general motto for most of the fishing here all year. cloudy/rainy conditions I normally fish clear water and sunny conditions fish muddy water. on any given day this pattern may change but for the most part this produces a consistent bite.

PS I take it albany is in central or northern louisiana. where you are located.

PS we all have our fishing techniques, baits etc that give us confidence which is a very imortant factor and yet no matter how much you fish(and I fish a lot--3 days a week) the more I learn I realize how little i know lol

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Originally Posted by southernslabs

Kman---thats why i tried to mention where i was which is southeast louisiana. Also what i mentioned is based on spawning fish and my thoughts on summer conditions are a little different. Those conditions I spoke of always seem to be best here mostly because of water is mostly 6 feet deep at most in most areas with our lakes all being 4-6 feet deep. I have noticed that in other parts of Louisiana especially on lakes with deeper water in that most people do better on calm clear days by reading there post.

ANother place is Grenada in Mississippi. Because the water is chocolate milk you want bright sun and calm to help fish see the bait. The days I have been there with clouldy conditions have been a struggle.

Kind of fits my general motto for most of the fishing here all year. cloudy/rainy conditions I normally fish clear water and sunny conditions fish muddy water. on any given day this pattern may change but for the most part this produces a consistent bite.

PS I take it albany is in central or northern louisiana. where you are located.

PS we all have our fishing techniques, baits etc that give us confidence which is a very imortant factor and yet no matter how much you fish(and I fish a lot--3 days a week) the more I learn I realize how little i know lol

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KMan.

Albany is between Baton Rouge and Hammond in Livingston Parish on HWY 190

Jig Rig

I thought about that right after my post. used to seeing the exit sign when heading north to vicksburg area

Well it won't be long as long as these night time temps stay in the mid 40 -50 range and the daytime temps stay in the 70"s with all this sunshine the water temp should creep up slowly,Sunday the water temp at yucutan was 44%,prob a little warmer on inland lakes that are not influenced by the miss. river.

Well, the air temps. have a direct influence over the water temps. The warmer the days and nights the warmer the water temps. As they say bring the water temps up to the mid 50's, throw in the moon phase and BAM! Mother nature takes her course.

yeah, albany is right across lake ponchatrain on the "north shore" by Hammond. Though Im still considered SE louisiana, you're right the rivers, pits, lakes, etc...do have a little more water than the marsh or basin areas so there will be differences there.