On Tuesday I visited a lake at 3,400 feet that still had some snow at the margins. Water temp was a surprising 61 degrees read on a Garmin Striker 4.
The next day I fished a lake at 3,200 feet and the temp reading was 63 degrees. It seemed like it should have been in the mid 50's at worst.
Yesterday, May 4th, Krusty and I visited a lake at 2400 feet and using identical depth finders we both recorded 68 degrees.
Sixty eight seems way too warm for the first week of May and with lots of company scheduled for late May and June I'm concerned that driving several hundred miles to fish on the tundra may not be such a good idea. After a second brutal winter in a row I had hoped that if there was to be any silver lining to the heavy snow pack it would be higher water levels and the attendant cooler water longer. It just isn't happening, at least here in the extreme NE corner anyway.
Next week we will be back at 3400 feet in search of cutthroat and the following week probably do some research at a lake at 3,700 feet and hope it didn't winter kill.
Anyone else experiencing unusually high water temps already?
The next day I fished a lake at 3,200 feet and the temp reading was 63 degrees. It seemed like it should have been in the mid 50's at worst.
Yesterday, May 4th, Krusty and I visited a lake at 2400 feet and using identical depth finders we both recorded 68 degrees.
Sixty eight seems way too warm for the first week of May and with lots of company scheduled for late May and June I'm concerned that driving several hundred miles to fish on the tundra may not be such a good idea. After a second brutal winter in a row I had hoped that if there was to be any silver lining to the heavy snow pack it would be higher water levels and the attendant cooler water longer. It just isn't happening, at least here in the extreme NE corner anyway.
Next week we will be back at 3400 feet in search of cutthroat and the following week probably do some research at a lake at 3,700 feet and hope it didn't winter kill.
Anyone else experiencing unusually high water temps already?