o.K.' so I am getting old!

Up until the last week or so the water has been messed up with rains and etc.Went last Tuesday, water still messed up .... mud came up when using the trolling motor. Now it is HOT . Temperature is 95 degrees with heat index of 107. Sorry, but this is not fun.I didn't retire to have this kind of fun. My motto has always been "if it's not fun , I don't want to do it". I guess I will have to fish the early mornings and wait for fall.......everyone stay cool, hope you catch a bunch.....crappie1133 taking a nap in the air conditioning.

Know this Crappie1133, you are not alone.
"gene"

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Know this Crappie1133, you are not alone.
"gene"

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No Sir, you are not !! My last, and likely my next, fishing trip was a night trip (9PM-2AM) for Bass ... for my non-discriminating fish eater partner :biggrin

I'll just have to make up for lost time, once the temps get below 80deg and the humidity gets below 50%

I like to be where I want to fish before the sun, and have a good enough morning that I can leave when the heat and the crazy people make their appearance. Been that way for years. I get to do what I want and still have part of the day left for other things. Doing this also lets ma see more wildlife both on the way there and when I get there.

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I like to be where I want to fish before the sun, and have a good enough morning that I can leave when the heat and the crazy people make their appearance. Been that way for years. I get to do what I want and still have part of the day left for other things. Doing this also lets ma see more wildlife both on the way there and when I get there.

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I use to do this, but , after totaling 2 deers, I now sleep in. Lots of deer my way.

crappie1133,

o.K.' so I am getting old!

As long as long as you keep getting old is the Important Part! :ThumbsUp

Some of us are ALREADY OLD! :Rofl

I'm with you all the way, right down to the nap in the A/C. I used to do all kind of crazy stuff when I was young, heat, cold, rain, snow, wind. No more, not too warm, not too cold, no rain and I hate the wind. My wife thinks I'm nuts!! Pretty well done here until fall! Would like to try a couple night trips but can't find anyone to go and can't really go alone. Also some of the reports about problems at remote boat ramps at night have me a little worried. Tough to get old!!!

I am with skeet..start at 4-5am,,quit by 9-10am, or when the water fleas appear:twocents

Glad I'm not the only one theysaid

Man I dont know how I used to do what I did. We would camp out in tents on the bank of the Mississippi running lines all night but in the heart of Summer. Now if its over 90 I aint hardly getting out of the house. Heck I'm thinking about rounduping my yard so I dont have to cut it anymore this year.

For 21 years I worked in Saudi Arabia. Many many days it would hit 120 degrees......that's not heat index that's ambient temp. Lest someone tell me it was dry heat you would be wrong. I worked all over the country....Red Sea side and Persian Gulf side. Worked interior of country....which had dry heat....but on the coast the humidity was off the charts. I am about to turn 65. This summer I have thought many times "How did I take that heat"? Well this year it has hit home.....I can't take the heat anymore. What a difference just one year makes. I still fish out in it but trips are most likely only to be 2-3 hours on the water. No fun growing older.

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For 21 years I worked in Saudi Arabia. Many many days it would hit 120 degrees......that's not heat index that's ambient temp. Lest someone tell me it was dry heat you would be wrong. I worked all over the country....Red Sea side and Persian Gulf side. Worked interior of country....which had dry heat....but on the coast the humidity was off the charts. I am about to turn 65. This summer I have thought many times "How did I take that heat"? Well this year it has hit home.....I can't take the heat anymore. What a difference just one year makes. I still fish out in it but trips are most likely only to be 2-3 hours on the water. No fun growing older.


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It's a whole LOT more fun than the alternative !!

Got up at 4AM over 30 yrs in the factory but I still like to get on the water early. Drive slow, look for Deer and have everything ready the night before. When it gets hot or the jet skiers come out I quit. One of the best things about going somewhere for extended fishing trip is walking out of camp, stepping on the boat and going. No launching etc etc. I get lots of naps and hope I can fish another 20 yrs!

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It's a whole LOT more fun than the alternative !!

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Didn't say I wanted to die......LOL.

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Fishing, Daylight till 9am. Breakfast at 9 : 30 . This regiment I follow July -aug. :popcorn

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For 21 years I worked in Saudi Arabia. Many many days it would hit 120 degrees......that's not heat index that's ambient temp. Lest someone tell me it was dry heat you would be wrong. I worked all over the country....Red Sea side and Persian Gulf side. Worked interior of country....which had dry heat....but on the coast the humidity was off the charts. I am about to turn 65. This summer I have thought many times "How did I take that heat"? Well this year it has hit home.....I can't take the heat anymore. What a difference just one year makes. I still fish out in it but trips are most likely only to be 2-3 hours on the water. No fun growing older.

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I was at Prince Sultan Air Base for a while. Like you say, it was hot and them arabs I was training on the C130 satellite tracking stunk to high heaven.

I had to spend a week in Phoenix in July one year when we had to wait on a part for our motorhome. It was 110 during the day and that is when I learned dry heat is still hot as Hades. I had to use a cloth to open our car doors, the handle would burn you.

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Know this Crappie1133, you are not alone.
"gene"

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Yep, he gots lots of company, when I turned 75 several years back it was like stepping in to a different world, no longer did I love the hot summers, full day fishing trips ended at 1 or 2pm just could not take the heat anymore-felt like somebody drained 1/2 my blood out of me.....................................jax

i use the shade this time of year if i can ...that sun gets to me when i dont have shade these days as well ....

I've been going out in the afternoon with little luck. I think you guys have bout talked me in going out early in the morning. The lake I fish is only a few minuets from my home so I hope to have the lake pretty much to myself. BTW I'm almost 57.

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I've been going out in the afternoon with little luck. I think you guys have bout talked me in going out early in the morning. The lake I fish is only a few minuets from my home so I hope to have the lake pretty much to myself. BTW I'm almost 57.

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Don't think I can remember being 57. Been there over 20 years ago.

I have never been able to stand the heat, I just wait it out, with a eye on the weather. Early morning or nothing. I wish I could. On the other side of the coin, I love winter fishing. I have whole lakes to myself. WOW- Did you know Crappie bite in the winter??