THE BASS COLLEGE

here in jersey the water temp is about 59 60..and im still catching fish but but nothing  big..ive been catching all my fish on a MANN 1-...out of about 20 fish caught  in the last week all have been less than one pound...ive thrown lizards,chatterbaits,spinnerbaits,senkos,rattletraps,swimjigs...im just having a hard time getting a good bite

Going out tomorrow or Tuesday Don. Will let you know what is happening. 

ok cool

As the days get shorter and cooler, and energy is transported away from/out of the lake, mixing becomes easier. At about 50 degrees, the cooler water (with a higher oxygen content) at the surface begins to sink into and through the thermocline, forcing warmer and less dense water to the surface, eventually erasing the temperature stratification built up over the summer.

At some point, the majority of the water in the lake reaches an approximately uniform temperature. Now, storms and sustained high winds can begin to perform the task of overturning and mixing all of the water in the lake -- referred to as fall turnover.

The deep water contains an abundance of decaying matter and sulfurous gases; when it reaches the surface, it produces a telltale odor that indicates the process has begun. Eventually the turnover mixes fresh oxygen into the entire lake mass, replenishing the deep waters with the life-giving stuff and cleansing the sulfurous fumes from the water, allowing fish to return to the depths where they will spend the winter months.

that was a very easy to understand expaination of "the turnover" heard it 100 times and never really grasped what it meant until now. thank you delaware bass

STEVE

shorter and cooler, and energy is transported away from/out of the lake, mixing becomes easier. At about 50 degrees, the cooler water (with a higher oxygen content) at the surface begins to sink into and through the thermocline, forcing warmer and less dense water to the surface, eventually erasing the temperature stratification built up over the summer.

Steve, do our little shallow lakes on the Eastern Shore stratify in the summer? I didn't know that they were deep enough to do so.

Thanks,

Old Bass Man

Only a few. There are a couple here that have a thermocline but it needs to be deeper than 10 feet to have it happen. 

Lum 's pond turns over.  It hasn't happened yet, since last time i was there.  Usually around the 50 degree temp.