We fished a lake, middle of summer, hot as all get out. Big cove that screamed LM. Couldn't get a bite until the middle of the afternoon. One stretch of shore line the shade started coming out from shore. Caught fish after fish casting under any bush, anything hanging over the water. Caught them all within two feet of shore, in about one foot of water. Caught around twelve LM in a hundred yards of shore line.

In the early morning I will fish in shallow vegetation.  As it gets hotter during the day I start looking for deeper vegetation growing around structure.

Afternoon heat index of 107 here all this week, down to about 100 by 6pm. The bass may still be biting, but I'm not sure if I'm up for it. Trouble is, I really want to fish this week!

15 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

In the early morning I will fish in shallow vegetation.  As it gets hotter during the day I start looking for deeper vegetation growing around structure.

Do you know how to find deeper structure and cover while fishing from the bank?

Glenn recently posted a very good video about this.

 

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/summer-bass-fishing-video.html

On 6/20/2018 at 7:03 PM, SnailsYeast said:

Do you know how to find deeper structure and cover while fishing from the bank?

I drag a plastic worm with a heavy weight along the bottom.  I watch the line to see if the bait does anything funny like drop all of a sudden.

It gets very hot and humid, with afternoon thunderstorms about when I get off work.  Heard that bass rods make a good lightening rod.

2 hours ago, thinkingredneck said:

 Heard that bass rods make a good lightening rod.

The only Bass lightning rod I'd want would be made by Berkley .

Since I don't own a boat, if it's too hot, I'll usually fish earlier or later in the day personally. But sometimes I don't have that option and I just want to get out, so I'll either go for areas with solid cover or with deeper water where I can go finesse.