It’s not like the magic number is 80 degrees. Even sustained water temps in the high 70’s will cause issues.

It’s the warm water coupled with depleted oxygen levels that occur during the “dog days” of summer that cause issues with reviving the larger fish such as muskies.

I came across 2 floaters on Tonka Sunday afternoon. One appeared to be fairly fresh upper fortys fish the other maybe a 45″.

I believe it’s best to leave them alone until we get a cool down and temps drop a few degrees. The fall bite this year may be fantastic, and there are 2 more fish that won’t be there for it. Dead fish don’t fight.

Schmitty -nice recap, you guys had an incredible season, from continually breaking the size record to catching, if I remember correctly, 4 fish in an hour on Lake…

I relished having the chance to fish with youses, and it seemed every time we shared the boat good things happened.

From the unbelievable hookset (although somewhat unorthodox ) to the ability to catch fish when you got within 20 feet of a particular Ranger.

What would the numbers be if every oppurtunity was a fish in the net? WOW!

Congrats on a good, great, fantastic season.

Tim -That is too funny, tell me you didn’t see that when you snapped the picture. Nice looking fish everyone!