Too hot to feed?

[DukesArcher]

Went to a man add lake today for a spot of trout fishing. I took both fly and spin rod, as well as a few pickerel rigs. I noticed lots of fish just hanging around the edge of the lake and not doing much.

If you dropped a worm right in front of them they wouldn't take. I literally tried every method in the book and still got no bites. They just weren't havin it.

Maybe it's just too hot to feed. I know trout are very sensitive to the weather, but there were a few ore species just all shoaled up dormant.

[pikergolf]

Try at night, August night fishing for trout can be magic.

[DukesArcher]

Try at night, August night fishing for trout can be magic.


With fly or spinner?

[pikergolf]

A wooly bugger or leech near the surface in shallow water after dark has been productive for me. Weed beds are the key, trout feed near or in weeds, and a big silhouetted fly near the surface works well.

[EZM]

Day time trout fishing is very tough compared to daybreak and sunset which seem to be fantastic. Trout are just those creatures .......

[trigger7mm]

I have had the same problem. A stocked pond that I regularly fish, and catch many trout each time, has shut down almost completely. I'm thinking the heat has to do with at least part of what is going on.

[DukesArcher]

Still nice to see the fish so clearly though!