Bass Fishing

When the temperatures start to climb during the hot summer months, the number of anglers bass fishing usually decreases. The ones that do get out during these hot summer months usually fish the wee hours of the morning or late afternoon periods. Aside from sweltering hot temperatures just being outright uncomfortable, many anglers assume or believe that the heat also brings with it bad bass fishing. This couldn’t be further from the truth, so lets clear up a few mythes about bass fishing an hot weather!

#1 Bass quite actively feeding in hot weather

This has to be the most common misconception about bass activity during the dog days of summer! Do you quit feeding when things heat up? I didnt think so and either do bass.

Bass are a cold blooded animal, cold blooded animals that adjust their body temperature to their surroundings. The only major change hot weather will have on bass is their metabolic rate and the speed of some other natural functions. In fact a bass will need to eat more in high temperature conditions to be able to produce and expend enough energy to survive.

Knowing a little bit about fish will go a long way when it comes to your bass fishing success, learn more about fish in our Learn About Fish section.

#2 Bass Will Always Head For Deep Water In Hot Weather

This bass fishing myth almost made it to the number one spot, this is just not the case. Bass do not always move into deep water when things heat up, in fact the time of the year that bass can be found at the deepest depths is winter, not the sweltering days of summer!

Most bass will move into the mid depths during the hot summer months, they wont be as shallow as they were in early spring and no where as deep as many bass anglers assume.

One situation that may entice bass to move into deeper water is the fact that crawfish and smaller bait fish can not sustain in warmer waters, so they will move into deeper, cooler waters. In effect bass will follow the food. Dont misconstrue this though, we are still talking mid levels here, 10 to 15 feet of water or so.

Bass Prefer Specific Temperatures Indexes And Never Stray From Them

There is only one time throughout the year that bass will adhere to a specific temperature range, which is the spring spawn and hatch. Other than this period bass usually seem to disregard temperature fluctuations and do what they normally do follow the food! 95% of a bass’s movements are dictated by the migration of the bait it seeks to feed on the dog days of summer are no different

I hope you have a better understanding of how bass feed and move during the hot summer months, I hope Ive also dispelled a myth or two about bass fishing these periods. Now you know get out there and go bass fishing!