Hot summer days can be tough on anglers. Keep aiming for the cooler
times when the sun is off the water: dawn, dusk, and after dark. This
week’s tip for lake anglers is to find the thermocline. (see bottom of
this page: http://www.gofishgeorgia.com/node/770)
As our reservoirs stratify, many sport fish and some of their prey
species, like blueback herring, will select water depths that contain
those species’ preferred temperature and oxygen levels. Find the
habitat and you’ll find the fish. Many stripers, hybrids, brown trout,
and even walleye can stack up in the cool water refuges on lower ends of
reservoirs, down near the dams. Some also run up to the headwaters of
reservoirs in their search for coler water (hint: Yonah dam at the head
of Hartwell).