Friday, January 6: 59 degrees
Due to help from some of you and Clemsontrout, caught 20-30 trout.
Wednesday, January 11: 48.5 degrees
0 trout
Everything else was pretty much the same. What temp have you guys found the trout bite to shut off? Low 50s?
Anyone else been out yesterday or today and can report the water temperature?
I’ve never tracked water temp before and don’t know how long it takes to cool off and if it’s prone to warm back up. Obviously, the cold weekend made it drop pretty significantly.
My buddy and I went on Tuesday, water temp was around 48. I caught ten trout and a few reds, he caught some trout and reds as well. Went again yesterday and caught 18 reds between us, largest at 32" in about 2’ of water. Also got on the trout. Water temp yesterday was up to 54. I have definitely found the saying, “when you think you’re fishing slow enough, go slower” very true in the cold water temps.
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Well, dern.
If not the cold water, my issue must be one of the following:
- I’m fishing too fast
- I fished noon - 2:30ish. Maybe morning or evening would have had success.
- I could have been fishing too shallow? I fished between 2’ and 8’
- I covered LOTS of ground including where fish have been before. Maybe they just weren’t out there for some other unknown reason.