View Full Version : WATER TEMPS AND WATER DEPTS
JERRY/PA
03-11-2002, 07:40 PM
I WAS OUT FISHING THE RIVER THIS WEEKEND AND ON SATURDAY THE WATER TEMP WAS 44 AND ON SUNDAY IT WAS 47.. BUT WE HAD A WARM RAIN ALL DAY ON SUNDAY SO I'M GUESSING THATS WHY IT CAME UP 3 DEGREES..SO MY QUESTION IS...IF THE SURFACE TEMP READS 47 AND I'M FISHING IN 10-15 FEET OF WATER IS THERE A WAY TO JUDGE WHAT THE BOTTOM TEMP IS..LIKE FOR EVERY FOOT OF WATER IS THERE A COUPLE OF DEGREES DIFFERENCES???FROM WHAT I READ ON W.C SHOULD THE EYES BE SPAWNING AT THOSE TEMP???
AND IN TWO DAYS I DIDN'T GET A FISH..LOST TWO BUT COULDN'T TELL WHAT I HAD.......THANKS TO ALL THAT HELP........JERRY
SUPERTROLLER
03-12-2002, 06:01 AM
There is no way to judge what the water temperature is at a given depth below the surface according surface temps. The only way to know is to drop a temperature gauge down to that level you wish to check and read it.
jerry/pa
03-12-2002, 06:24 AM
thats what i figure. but needed to hear it elsewhere...
thanks.jerry
My guess would be on a river the temps would be fairly uniform. On a lake there is a lot of difference.
Lund AnglerMJ
03-12-2002, 04:59 PM
I'd say a river should be mixed pretty well,and depending on how close to the dam you are,it's pretty close to the temp. thru and thru. I also live in PA.near the Pgh. airport,and fish the Ohio and with that water temp,they're probably spawning. The full moon was just last week,and they may be very tuff for a while.See you on the water!