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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Water temperature change
 
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foxfireniner
05/21/2021 09:30AM
 
We went in to EP47 on May 14. Wet-footing the send off, the water in Poplar was cold enough to hurt my feet and ankles.

By May 18th, I was wading around my island campsite on a wind bound day..up to my beer gut...and didn't even think about the water temperature.

I think the lakes turned over and are starting to settle into the summer stratification. It is probably a side effect of the early ice out. It turned the fish off for a few days.


 
thegildedgopher
05/21/2021 09:48AM
 
Things just seem all over the place. Fishing should be an adventure the next couple days. High of 82 tomorrow in Ely, t-storms overnight and high of 51 on Sunday. Then the pressure really starts of fall off as well.


Fish harder to find or just in a negative state?
 
WhiteWolf
05/21/2021 12:54PM
 
My .02 is the eyes will need some stable weather for awhile. Early ice out followed by very cold conditions , than extremely warm and now talking frost/freeze by middle next week. It does look to do less pendulum swinging starting next week mid/late week. Stable pressures are also key and that has been lacking lately.