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Summit Lake - Largemouth bass fishing should continue to be good... Anglers should be aware that many lakes have stratified, so they should not fish in the deepest water and will probably find that bluegill, crappie and other panfish will be suspended at some depth. The best fishing will probably be in the mornings or evenings rather than during the heat of the day. (from NGPC’s August “Outdoor Outlook”)
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I’ve been under the impression from several things Daryl has written in the past that stratification – and the subsequent fall “turn-over” – are largely limited to deep sand and gravel pits and to the larger reservoirs. Do lakes the size of Summit (or Zorinsky, or Burchard) stratify for prolonged periods each summer?
This leads to a second question: generally speaking, how deep is the thermocline? Does it vary widely from lake to lake or is it always found at about the same depth in each area of the state? Can you boat fishermen with sophisticated electronics see the thermocline on your screens?
And a third: Twice in the last two weeks, first with Catfishsteve and later with Aaron Lee, we found bluegills suspended at Summit between 10 and 12 feet, but Aaron’s graph showed few if any deeper than 12. Are they relating to the thermocline, water temperature, oxygen content, something else, or “all of the above” when that occurs?