Anybody checked water temps recently?

Big Bay on Vermilion was 65 Sunday morning.

ellahallely: "Big Bay on Vermilion was 65 Sunday morning."

That seems a little warm for this time of year. What do you locals think?

Yes it is! Used to fish Vermilion for crappies the last week of September. The water was always 50 to 55 most of the time that time of the year. Sure hasn’t been the case the last several years.

With highs in the low 50’s the next 7 days I’m guessing that water temp should drop as well.

Maybe I should have added that we have had very warm weather. It was in the upper 80s last sunday.

62 degrees yesterday lake 3

At what temperature approximately would you expect Walleye to start coming up a bit shallower here for the fall?

To add to CityFishers post - will smallmouth come up shallow as the water cools or are they going deeper now? If they do go shallow, around what temp does that happen? What temp will send them back to the deep?

Thanks!

Potential snow at the end of the week with a low of 29 for Friday. Water temps will start dropping quickly.

I know the Mississippi river temp went from 76.8 on sept 21 to 66 on the 27th

Them fishes will be getting that feed bag out shortly

That's in Clinton iowa .

About 55 degrees surface temperature

Down to 53 degrees today

52 on Gull lake on Friday.

I bet water temps are dropping today, saw temps up there around 30 this morning.

QueticoMike: "I bet water temps are dropping today, saw temps up there around 30 this morning."

And this snow we just got will drop them a tad more!!

Down to 50 today near Ely. Along with the snow!

The Great Outdoors: "

QueticoMike: "I bet water temps are dropping today, saw temps up there around 30 this morning."

And this snow we just got will drop them a tad more!!"

Ran into my buddy Scott V. at a boat ramp after my last trip to the BW. He saw my license plate and knew it was me so he stood next to my vehicle while I was unloading my canoe. I showed him some pictures of some smallmouth, sent him one via text so he could show Carl.......hahaha.

HayRiverDrifter: "52 on Gull lake on Friday."

Nice meeting you on Saturday!

Water temps on Fall Lake were 49 - 50 F on Monday.

Walleyehunter24 - Was Up Fishing Falls Lake for the first time 2nd week in September and the water was a little to warm yet as the fishing was a little tough. My wife and I camped at the campground and tooled around in a rented Aluminum canoe (ouch!!) wanted too get my wife accustomed to canoeing and camping and she loved it! Hope to get into Pipestone bay and do some fishing next year as looks tough for this year ... although if we have a good weather weekend soon will pop up!

Bob

HowardSprague: "

HayRiverDrifter: "52 on Gull lake on Friday."

Nice meeting you on Saturday!
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Same here.