Lets start a list of lakes and current water temps.

If you are talking about surface temps that is really hard to do this time of year. Sunday am on Sag the surface temp where I was fishing was 54. It was a calm, sunny day and by 1 pm the surface temp was 58. Consequently, between the warming surface water, the sun, and lack of wind I started marking fish on my graph in 40-50 ft of water. As soon as I started fishing deeper I started to catch lake trout again. Monday was cold, rainy, and windy and the surface had cooled back down again.

Temperatures have not changed in two weeks.

So my smallie trip on the 10th might be just prime for top water action!

It should be,UNLESS?

You better pray for some good, warm temps to get the bass moving into the shorelines for that top water action.

quote The Great Outdoors: "You better pray for some good, warm temps to get the bass moving into the shorelines for that top water action."

Tubes, swimbaits and Jigs.......Leave the topwater at home.

BOOM.

I agree Great Outdoors we need some heat to have good top water luck.It is cold out there.It is weird temperatures this week. Heading up tomorrow anyhow.Now I see its going to be windy again.This wind is getting old.Been a long time since I have seen so many different fronts go thru.

I will keep hoping for some warm, sunny weather!