Summer Fishing

Here in Texas, most of the fishing comes to a halt due to the heat, mostly it's too hot to be out on the water past 10:00 AM. However I have discovered several ways to keep the fish biting. In the summer the fish go deep because of two things, 1) The water temperature 2) Supportive O2 levels. One way I continue to catch fish is by going out early, sometimes as early as 3 AM! Going out early is great, but I think the fish prefer to sleep during 2 AM - 6 AM so if you can get out on the water by 6 AM I think you will have better performance and you undoubtedly get more sleep!

In late spring I went on a fishing trip to Minnesota and was also in search of lures that go deep. My local sporting goods stores and bait shops did not carry what I was looking for, the Deep Tail Dancer. The Deep Tail Dancers are made by RAPALA, they come in three flavors, but I prefer the 20' and 30' dive models because that is where the fish hang when it's hot. Shown here are four of my favorites: Flash Yellow Pearch, Bleeding Copper Flash, Flash Perch, and Purpledescent; since the surface temperatures have gone above 80 degrees, these are the ticket. On these lures shown I have caught plenty of bass

and several white bass at all hours of the day while trolling. Trolling is my new found love in Texas. As a boy we always trolled in MN, that's the best way to catch Northern Pike. I bought the lures as a means of catching striper in the summer, so far no luck, I even purchased salt water RAPALAs since they also have the X-RAP Magnum 30' seems like overkill for the lake, but check out this picture of Anders with a small largemouth.
On this particular trip we learned a lot about deep water high speed trolling!