Tippets: How Hot is Too Hot, Wading for Bass

July 28, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • As summer temperatures continue to rise, it’s important to consider how hot is too hot to fish. Chad Shmukler details guidelines for stream temperature thresholds and explains how they affect trout behavior, feeding, and recovery time. Via Hatch Magazine.
  • Largemouth bass take shelter in weed beds during the heat of summer, and these can be good areas to target. “Wade-fishing weed beds is a great way to spend a morning or evening during the dog days of summer, when many trout streams seem lifeless,” writes Phil Monahan. Read tactics and techniques via Orvis.