water temp question

[scubafreak76]

so when you guys are out there and the tuna are biting what is the average water temp you are in. I am showing 62.6 degrees at stonewall bank. is that about right or do they like it a little warmer. I know there are other things invoved with were they are i was just wondering.

thanks
Ryan

[Chesapeake]

Anything 58 and change and above will work at times. 60 degree and up is good to look for. It isnt temp alone that gets the fish.

You realy need to combine structure, water color (chloro), and temp. I rate them in the order I listed them.

Reports of fish will trump all, but generaly relate quite well to the above listed factors.

Others can tell you much more, with better datail.


Short answer; 60 degrees.

[waggle]

so with this south wind, will that push the tuna in closer or is that kinda messing things up?

[scubafreak76]

by structure are you refering to the structure of the bottom of the ocean?

Ryan

[Chesapeake]

Originally Posted by scubafreak76

by structure are you refering to the structure of the bottom of the ocean?

Ryan

Yes.

[scubafreak76]

first off sorry for all the questions.

so water color doesnt really have anything to do with temperature it has more to do with chlorophyl (hope i spelled that right). or do the two go hand in hand.

[Spoonplugger]

"Structure" as far as related to fishing was first coined by "Buck Perry" who is also known as the "father of structure fishing". Pretty cool. Here is his exact definition:

"The bottom of a body of water that has some unusual feature that distinguishes it from the surrounding bottom area."

Examples: bars, humps, canyons, a rocky reef in a vast area of sand, etc. I remember one time finding an area of mud in a highland lake that was all rock. That muddy area was different than the surrounding bottom area, so that could be termed "structure". I caught limits upon limits of smallmouth bass. So it may not be so cut and dried.

Chlorophyll breaks, Buck would term, a "breakline" likewise a temperature change would be a breakline. Tunas being migratory fish could use those breaklines as migration routes in 1000's of feet of water where structure may be unknown to the fish--simply too great a depth.

Remember one thing, a certain depth is not structure. For example, "the 100 fathom line" or the "200 fathom line" cannot be properly referred to as "structure". Those are merely important depths in the life of a tuna. They spend a great part of their time between 100 to 200 meters in beautiful TZ water.

Hope this helps. buckperry dot com has courses available on structure and structure fishing. The principles apply to all bodies of water.

Here is a little secret. Our dear friend Keta is a structure fisherman. Him and I have talked about it. He has read the same material I have. We both agree that "Buck Perry" is the father of structure fishing. When we first found out that we had that in common, it almost felt to me anyway, that I could read his mind when it came to structure fishing. Keta are you around?