October is here, but you would never know it by the daytime highs. It is supposed to be in the 80s on Thursday and Friday, with this weekend’s high temperatures moving into the 70s. Around the middle of next week, the daytime highs are forecast to finally start to drop into 60s which is more normal for this time of year.
Doucette The above-normal temperatures with sunny afternoons mean that surface water temperatures do rise during the day. Anglers are finding water temperatures are varying in different parts of the lake depending upon exposure, shoreline and bottom. South-facing shorelines that are dark and rocky may mean surface water temperatures may be as much as 5 degrees warmer than north-facing shorelines just 100 yards away.
There is a high-pressure system that has been hanging over the Great Basin for a while, and this has caused trout fishing to be spotty. We are also exactly between a new moon and a full moon which does not help either. The combination of the moon phase and the weather has anglers reporting good fishing one day at a water body and then no fish the next.
We are still seeing the effects of two wet winters’ flush of nutrients into the lakes from the large snowmelt in the form of unusually high algae growth. While it is above normal for this time of year, it is not uncommon to have algae in our lakes right up to ice formation. With the cooler nights, the algae diminishes somewhat overnight, increasing visibility.
As the day warms up and the sun hit.
