Water temps?

[Red Childress]

Just curious about the lake/river temps in the rest of the state?

The Kinzua outflow temp is around 53 and immediately South of Warren should be around 58-59 by the weekend.

[toothyfishman]

East Branch was 51-52 on sunday.

Bass not spawning yet, this weekend should be fun. Talking a muskie break and getting some action for the family. I'm sure I'll sneak some toothy fishing in the early AM hours.

[ttabaleulb]

I've been seeing low to mid-60's on the waters that I've been on over the last week or so.

[RapRunR]

When you check water temps, how far down should you check, the bottom ?

[ttabaleulb]

I've just been going by early morning surface temps right from the fishfinder.

[SportJet120]

I have the same question as RRR. When guys are reporting temps are they reporting surface temps or the temp below the surface and if, how far down?

[allegheny river kid]

Saw 66 to 68 last friday at lake arthur

[lowbidder]

The Yough varies from 55 - 62 depending on how far down stream. Where I fish it's about 60 degrees today going by rivergages. They update about every 4 hours in Connellsville, PA

[Red Childress]

My temps (as most guys) are being read by the transducer which is probably 9-20 inches below the surface (off plane). Once you get a semi-accurate surface temp, you can find graphs that will give you a fairly close estimation on the temps as you go deeper in the column. Using a temperature probe (or making changes to your graph) to determine the thermocline depth can be crucial in finding 'esox suspendus' during the summer.

[Pescatore]

Unless my Lowrance is playing tricks on me, the surface water temps at Tamarack were 77-78 Wednesday 5/26/2010. That was at 7:30pm. I don't think I've seen water temps that high this early?

[SportJet120]

The GF and I had some free time and decided to fish a nearby lake in Butler Co. The water temp was at 81 At 6:00 pm Thur. We limited out on bows, 1 LM bass, and 2 gills. And I kept saying its to warm for trout !