Hey guys, I’m new to the forums and the club. My cousin and I have only been chasing striper for a couple of years now and we are learning all we can when we can. I’ve been reading a lot on these forums but just haven’t commented yet. This forum is awesome! By far the most information about our new hobby we have found yet. My question is that we have been hearing a lot of guys talk about the lake turning over already. I know this usually doesn’t happen until November but have y’all been hearing the same? It’s just hard to believe as warm as it still is but Richard and David both have talked about it and several other guys we know that fish the lake a lot. Anyways, always excited to read up on what you guys are reporting back. It helps rookies like us. 
If it had turned over or was starting to the dissolved oxygen would bebalot greater than the sensors are reporting. Fish would also not still be sitting on the bottom in 80-90’ or suspended at deep in the channel. The water temp up top is still too warm for the turn over. Even with the cooler days and nights it still wasnt enough to cool it down. With more 90+ degree days on the way we will probably see it turnover in nov as always…
just my .02
“Sea~N~Stripes”
21’ Hewes Craft Custom
115 Evinrude
That’s kinda what we were thinking. Good point about the do levels. Didn’t think about that. They are also mentioning seeing several schools breaking top water. My cousin is out there as we speak and he has been marking fish at 40’ instead of the usual 80 and 90’. He said but then again the fish are so scattered that maybe that might not be a fair assessment. He also said that he’s been seeing a lot more birds around than usual and that some of them will dive here and there.
I’ve been hearing the same thing lately. I think late in the summer alot of people equate seeing some dead fish and/or some schooling activity starting up with the lake turning over, but like Chip said, it’s not even close.
'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
FS90 Suzuki
The surface temperatures have to drop below the bottom temperatures for the turnover. Warm water, just like warm air, is less dense and will rise to the top. Once the surface water cools enough to becomes denser than the bottom of the lake the lake turns over.
What is going on now is referred to as the squeeze. Basically the warm water pushes deep. The striper do not like the warm water and keep going down to cooler water. The deepest water in the lake does not have enough oxygen for them to live.
Wellcraft V-20 sportfish with a 200 Evinrude
In the last 5 years the turnover has happened between November 7 to 11. I have no reason to think differently this year, but in my 14 years of living on the lake, I have never seen this much rain. So who knows, but it won’t happen for several months.