television show, Coastal Fishing Conmy boat about five feet off the bank
cepts
but parallel to the point, and anchor
(www.CoastalFishingConcepts.com), I
with my PowerPoles. Instead of throwlove to throw topwater lures early in
ing towards the point, I'm going to
the morning during the summer
throw away from the point to present
months because they are so producmy bait in deeper water off the bank
tive and produce some of the larger
where the fish will move because the
fish of the day. But, what do you do
water temperatures are cooler. What
when those cool surface temperatures
I’m trying to illustrate is that certain
of early morning fall prey to extremely
areas or “spots” that we find consiswarm temperatures and the blistering
tent during most of the year will hold
sun of midmorning?
fish due to certain variables like tide,
Earlier I spoke
bait and/or structure.
of jumping into a
Mirrolure 83MRCRBL She Dog
for low light conditions
pool or lake and
feeling cooler
water on your feet when
it is the hottest time
of the day. Well, as
When
an angler, you
summer
should understand
months heat up
that all of the inshore predator fish will
the waters, fish
relate to the cooler water deeper
tend to stay at these “spots” because
along the water column as the day pro- of the above variables. The fish only
gresses. I’ve found over the years of
rearrange themselves so they will be in
my career as a professional fishing
cooler water where the bottom drops
guide and tournament angler that
off and bait fish tend to congregate. It
areas having just a little deeper water
often seems that many anglers fish the
compared to the usual flats that we
same areas and spots with the same
fish will hold the majority of predator
techniques and presentations without
fish. Think about it this way, when you
taking into account the conditions that
go to your favorite point to fish during
Mother Nature is offering the fish at
the cooler months, you stop your boat
that time.
Another scenario is
that anglers know that
fish migrate to the
deeper waters of
passes, jetties, and oil
rigs during the warmer
months of the year. During the spring and early
summer months, we are
all fishing our VersaMaxx corks with live
shrimp around these
areas. Presenting our
baits along the upper
out from the point and throw towards
water column is great and productive.
the point for the normal presentation
The water temperatures are cooler,
of bait. Now that the water is warm
and the fish tend to stay close to the
and the sun is up, what do you change
surface all day long. But one of the
to catch fish at that same spot? Easy, I
most overlooked aspects of angling
always troll up to the point, keeping
during the summer months is changing
“Instead of throwing towards
the point, I'm going to throw
away from the point to present
my bait in deeper water off the
bank where the fish will move
because the water temperatures are cooler.”