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Lake temp's 2024


fishing user avatarOregon Native reply : 

Ok....curious....we had temps up to 91 on the water here in Knoxville on a small lake I fish quite a bit.  Curious what temps you all are fishing in your areas.


fishing user avatarWay north bass guy reply : 

Up here in central Ontario, I’ve been seeing anywhere from 75 to about 80, which is about the warmest it usually gets here in the summer. 91 would be an extreme for very shallow or small lakes around here. 


fishing user avatarLionHeart reply : 

88 here at Ray Roberts.  In August it'll be just below a steady boil.


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

112 yesterday record heat and today is supposed to be the same. Usually in the 90's  here in July.

Tom


fishing user avatarMike L reply : 

Water temps in the lake have been 82-85 in the morning and topping out at 91 in the early afternoon the past 2 weeks which makes them pretty predictable. 

 

 

 

 

Mike


fishing user avatar12poundbass reply : 
  On 7/7/2018 at 11:09 PM, WRB said:

112 yesterday record heat and today is supposed to be the same. Usually in the 90's  here in July.

Tom

The lake temp. Was 112?


fishing user avatarEric J reply : 

Air temps in the Lower Hudson Valley NY have been in the mid 90's for a week. Local lakes have been hellishly non productive. Finally caught a decent fish yesterday on a spectacular topwater hit. But that was it.


fishing user avatarPaul Roberts reply : 

Air temps are now in 90s -pushing 100. 


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 
  On 7/7/2018 at 11:15 PM, 12poundbass said:

The lake temp. Was 112?

Air temp on the water at the lake, lake temp surface water temp is about 80 degrees, normal is around 75 in July.

If the surface water temps get over 90, the bass either go deeper to find cooler water or under weed mats for cooler water with survivable DO levels.

Tom


fishing user avatarBrew City Bass reply : 

80* in SE Wisconsin


fishing user avatarsully420 reply : 

79 degrees here in MN


fishing user avatarBigAngus752 reply : 

Central Illinois here.  Home lake is about 5000 acres and max of about 60ft deep/average 15ft.  It's a man-made cooling lake.  Surface temps are about 85 during the day.  By the end of summer it will be around 89.  


fishing user avatarTroy85 reply : 

SE louisiana.

Rivers I fish are about 85-87. 

Brackish marsh about 87-89.


fishing user avatartander reply : 

I fish a small (45 acres) lake  pretty regular, last reading at surface temp was 93 degrees.


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 

Mid 80's to low 90's for the most part. Get to certain parts of the power plant lakes and my temp gauge starts flashing when it hits 99*


fishing user avatarNorthwestBasser reply : 

We've had an unusually cool start to summer here in the northwest. Which has really thrown off the fishing, interestingly enough though, it's had positive effects on some lakes and negative effects on others. Morning surface temps have been around 66-69 degrees. I've always found those morning temps to be pretty indicative of total water column temps throughout the day.

Surface temps rising to 71-73 degrees. This time last year we averaged about 7 degrees warmer by now.


fishing user avatarOregon Native reply : 

Wow...interesting....had no idea that water temps would be that  much cooler in parts of the US I figured would be warmer.  Thanks all.


fishing user avatarTnRiver46 reply : 
  On 7/8/2018 at 4:45 PM, Oregon Native said:

Wow...interesting....had no idea that water temps would be that  much cooler in parts of the US I figured would be warmer.  Thanks all.

It’s still in the 70s in downtown knoxville. Jumped into the holston the other day and it was cooooold. Also fished chilhowee a week ago and the upper end was in the 50s, feels crazy driving a boat in 50 degree Water with the air in tthr 90s. My boat was sweating profusely! If you are seeking cooler water on your home lake @Oregon Native, just drive up toward Clinton!


fishing user avatarOregon Native reply : 
  On 7/8/2018 at 6:25 PM, TnRiver46 said:

It’s still in the 70s in downtown knoxville. Jumped into the holston the other day and it was cooooold. Also fished chilhowee a week ago and the upper end was in the 50s, feels crazy driving a boat in 50 degree Water with the air in tthr 90s. My boat was sweating profusely! If you are seeking cooler water on your home lake @Oregon Native, just drive up toward Clinton!

Have heard it would take quit a boat ride....waters warm way up!!  That's amazing the temps your seeing.


fishing user avatarGundog reply : 

Went out Thursday with a friend on his boat. The air temp had been in the 90's. Water temp was 87 degrees. We caught about 12 total which amazed me. Didn't think we would catch anything. 


fishing user avatarDINK WHISPERER reply : 

89° first thing yesterday morning. 92° when I left around noon. 


fishing user avatarTnRiver46 reply : 
  On 7/9/2018 at 7:18 PM, Oregon Native said:

Have heard it would take quit a boat ride....waters warm way up!!  That's amazing the temps your seeing.

Well they have cut back the flow from Douglas and Cherokee dams so it may start warming up where I live. The lower end of ft Loudoun is up into  the 80s I'm  sure, I just always fish the upper end because it's so close to home. The top end of chilhowee lake is always ice cold, makes a crazy fog sometimes in summer


fishing user avatarTennessee Boy reply : 
  On 7/8/2018 at 6:25 PM, TnRiver46 said:

It’s still in the 70s in downtown knoxville. Jumped into the holston the other day and it was cooooold. Also fished chilhowee a week ago and the upper end was in the 50s, feels crazy driving a boat in 50 degree Water with the air in tthr 90s. My boat was sweating profusely! If you are seeking cooler water on your home lake @Oregon Native, just drive up toward Clinton!

Wow!!   It might be worth a 4 hour drive to find some cooler water.  Never been that far up the Tennessee River.  I had no idea the water would be that cold.  Kentucky lake was 86 last time I checked.


fishing user avatarTnRiver46 reply : 
  On 7/10/2018 at 1:40 AM, Tennessee Boy said:

Wow!!   It might be worth a 4 hour drive to find some cooler water.  Never been that far up the Tennessee River.  I had no idea the water would be that cold.  Kentucky lake was 86 last time I checked.

I would rather fish hot water honestly hahah. Ky lake is much better Fishing than ft loudoun lake from what I have always heard.


fishing user avatarTennessee Boy reply : 
  On 7/10/2018 at 2:21 AM, TnRiver46 said:

I would rather fish hot water honestly hahah. Ky lake is much better Fishing than ft loudoun lake from what I have always heard.

Don't get me wrong,  I love KY lake. But when the water temp is approaching 90, all the good fish are on the main river ledges.  If they're pulling current,  I can catch em.  If there's no current,  it's tough.


fishing user avatarTnRiver46 reply : 
  On 7/10/2018 at 2:55 AM, Tennessee Boy said:

Don't get me wrong,  I love KY lake. But when the water temp is approaching 90, all the good fish are on the main river ledges.  If they're pulling current,  I can catch em.  If there's no current,  it's tough.

It’s the same here on the lower end of the lake but the upper end has Rapids that you have to drag a canoe through when it’s really low. The smallies love that cold water especially in July-september when they start dropping Douglas and Cherokee lakes. When they fill those lakes up in spring there isn’t much flow and the water can warm quickly but when they generate, it comes out cold from the bottom of the deep lakes. I have seen people wakeboarding downtown in August wearing wetsuits 


fishing user avatarLog Catcher reply : 

I got to go fishing today. First time out in almost three weeks. Hit Taylorsville Lake. About 3500 acre lake. Temp when I put in 84 at 10:15. When I left at 4:30 it was about 90.


fishing user avatarTennessee Boy reply : 
  On 7/10/2018 at 6:57 AM, TnRiver46 said:

It’s the same here on the lower end of the lake but the upper end has Rapids that you have to drag a canoe through when it’s really low. The smallies love that cold water especially in July-september when they start dropping Douglas and Cherokee lakes. When they fill those lakes up in spring there isn’t much flow and the water can warm quickly but when they generate, it comes out cold from the bottom of the deep lakes. I have seen people wakeboarding downtown in August wearing wetsuits 

When I retire I hope to fish the upper end of the Tennessee.  I've never fished above Nickajack.  


fishing user avatarOregon Native reply : 
  On 7/10/2018 at 12:40 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Well they have cut back the flow from Douglas and Cherokee dams so it may start warming up where I live. The lower end of ft Loudoun is up into  the 80s I'm  sure, I just always fish the upper end because it's so close to home. The top end of chilhowee lake is always ice cold, makes a crazy fog sometimes in summer

Wow...area's I don't seem to make it to...maybe someday.




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