When Do You Squeal? Aka Bump Gums, Flap Lips, Run Mouth...

[fishinwrench]

I am sure heat has a little to do with it driving fish out of the shallows. But the wakes have gotten so darn large i think they they are more to blame.

True enough. There usually won't be many fiish hanging behind a dock that is jumping up and down, banging and squeaking, but I did catch a hawg once that was holding under a walkway support of a dock where a crew was installing a hoist. You'd think that all that noisy activity on the dock would have scared the fish off, but in that case I guess it was like deer and chainsaws.

[Wayne SW/MO]

There is no doubt that fish can be conditioned. We see it most often probably in the trout park where they lie at your feet or carp waiting to be fed at docks and such. No doubt LOZ has some quirks that other lakes don't have, but it's still full of fish eating daily.

[Old plug]

Yes the wakes have been ariund a long time but they are getting larger. A lot of it has to do with hull design on in the newer boats. Another thing about docks is that the water under them is cooler than that around them. Like us they like the cool you can find in the shade. BUT We all know if the wind is blowing pretty good the shade does not do much good keeping us cool. I imagine it is something like that with the fish when a wake rolls through the dock that is carrying warm water from around the dock. The bait fish leave and go down to where it is darker,cooler and calmer. Then the other fish follow.

[Old plug]

JOHN.....l have a point about getting hammered on here. If someone wants to drive the nail home so to speak. If you sell them the wrong kind of wood like a piece of Oak are only going to end up with a bent nail.

[Terrierman]

I always tell the truth when asked 1. where I caught the fish and 2. what I caught them on.

1. The corner of the mouth.

2. That old brown pole over there.