The cooldown everybody’s been talking about has finally showed up. After weeks of summer refusing to budge, we’ve got frost advisories on the board and overnight lows dropping into the 30s to start the week, with daytime highs settling into the upper 60s to low 70s. It’s a genuine shift and the lakes are going to respond. The roadside ferns are browning and the trees are just beginning to turn. Fall has arrived whether we like it or not.
Water temps have already dropped into the mid-60’s and lower on many lakes in the area and that’s the signal fish have been waiting for. This is the transition bite – a little less predictable day to day, but historically one of the best stretches of the whole season if you’re willing to adjust. …
Summer’s showing no signs of packing it in around here just yet. It looks like we’ve got another stretch of fairly warm, unsettled weather working through our area. Don’t look for the clean fall cooldown just yet – mYbe next week? This pattern looks more like a slow fade than a hard switch for now.
Water temps on the Chain and area lakes have been holding in the mid 60’s for the most part, with the Chain on the upper end and the bigger lakes to the north on the lower end of the 60’s. Until we start getting some really cool nights and more fall-like daytime temps, that’s not going to change much. The weeds are still thick, …
Late August is settling in across the Northwoods, and that first real taste of fall weather is starting to show up around the edges of the day. Mornings have been cool, dipping into the 40’s and even the mid-to upper-30’s. We’ve got a better chance of rain moving through Tuesday and Wednesday, which is welcome. By the weekend, things look to be drying back out and warming slightly, so overall it’s shaping up to be a comfortable, mixed-bag stretch of weather. The kids are starting to go back to school and the boat landings are noticeably quieter, which always makes for a nicer week on the water.
Water temperatures are now dipping into the upper 60’s on some lakes, …
We’re holding onto that break from the dog days, and it’s shaping up to be a really pleasant stretch — highs mostly in the upper 70’s to around 80, with overnight lows dipping into the low to mid 50’s. They tell us we’re going to get some rain this week – but we’ve heard that story before, and we’ll have to wait and see. We really, really need it! Water temps are zigzagging in a downward trend but are still sitting mostly in mid-70’s on the chain and upper 60’s to mid-70’s on the deeper northern lakes. That trend is exactly what we want to see this time of year — fish are shaking off the sluggishness of high summer and starting to spread back out and feed with a little more purpose. …