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Thermocline
Thermocline: - The middle layer of a thermally stratified lake or reservoir. In this layer, there is a rapid decrease in temperatures in a lake or reservoir. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Thermocline:: |
Resource Investor,The observed thermocline in Buyat Bay during September 2007 varied between a water depth of 20-60 meters, with an average depth of the thermocline at
HILTS: Japanese angler wins Erie-Niagara Bass Tourney - 05 Aug 2008
Niagara Gazette,Stay above the thermocline. Troll off points, bluffs and rocky bottoms. It was not uncommon to have 100 fish mornings last year.
Go deep in Wazee Lake - Aug 3, 2008
OnMilwaukee.com,It runs from approximately 70 degrees surface temperatures to 40 degrees below the thermocline. The thermocline depth varies during summer, but averages
Suspended Bass - The Frustration - Aug 1, 2008
The Chattanoogan,That cozy zone usually resides just above the thermocline - the breakpoint between the warmer, oxygenated water on top and the colder oxygen-depleted layer
Missing buoy found - Jul 28, 2008
Kennebec Journal,The layer where the upper warmer layer and the colder bottom layer of water meet is called a thermocline. The thermocline creates an oxygen-starved
Moderate algae bloom starting in more fertile lakes - Jul 24, 2008
Bemidji Pioneer,The loss of water clarity from algae blooms eventually cuts off the oxygen supply below the thermocline and forces fish above the thermocline to have enough
Lake Lanier fishing report: Summer struggles begin for anglers - Jul 24, 2008
Gainesville Times,There is a level where the cold, dense water meets the warmer surface layer and this is called a thermocline. I can crank up the sensitivity on my
Fishing Lines: Lots of bugs equal lots of tugs - Jul 12, 2008
Harwich Oracle,The mid-level (thermocline), which is the most ideal temperature and adequately oxygenated level for trout, warms and becomes narrower.
SAVING THE PLANET Bermuda should be a role model for other island ... - Aug 4, 2008
Royal Gazette,Dr. Knap adds: "The whole theory of increasing tropical cyclone intensity is due to the thickness of the thermocline. Isaac Ginnis of the University of
Walleye worth the long trip: Erie boat journey easy, but fish came ... - Aug 1, 2008
Toledo Blade,We don't have a real strong thermocline [temperature-break in the water column] this year. I don't know if it's all the rain, or what.
Fishing Line / By Will Elliott - Jul 18, 2008
RedOrbit,Most boaters have been heading deeper, but the high end of a thermocline holds at depths of 60 feet off Dunkirk Harbor, extending to well east of
Chill Factor - Jul 23, 2008
Silicon Valley's Metro,Good upwelling happens when that cold, nutrient-rich water is thrown above the thermocline [the warm surface layer of the ocean] where sun can reach the
Steve Carson's 'Outdoors' column: Lake Oroville fishing action good - Aug 1, 2008
Mercury-Register,Because the water has been dropping so fast, the thermocline is closer to the surface than many realize. If you are not catching fish, you may be fishing
Where are the tullibees? - Jul 22, 2008
Alexandria Echo Press,Shallow lakes that are highly productive and don’t have a deep thermocline won’t support tullibees. A recent concern to those who monitor tullibee
Fishing forecast - Jul 31, 2008
Orlando Sentinel,The thermocline that has shut down the bottom bite has begun to clear out. Try fishing along the 27-fathom curve out of Port Canaveral for grouper and
Lake Fishing Report by Ed Druml: Beware of dropping lake levels - Jul 30, 2008
Baxter Bulletin,Bull Shoals: The surface water temperature is in the low 90s with the thermocline beginning at 25 feet. The walleye fishing has been good and they are being
Singing in Branson? - Jul 28, 2008
Owasso Reporter,As I have mentioned in many of my articles, the thermocline has developed quite heavily on Skiatook, so the fishing has become much tougher.
Arkansas weekly fishing report -- July 23 - Jul 29, 2008
North Texas e-News,Try fishing around the thermocline (18-25 feet deep). Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing are fair. The bass are still being caught around the trees and
Contour Trolling Tricks - Jul 25, 2008
In-Fisherman MagazineTraditional structural hot spots -- deep weedlines, extended points, and humps topping out above the summer thermocline -- all have edges.
Fishing Report: Ross Barnett Reservoir - Jul 23, 2008
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Crappie are stuck in that one layer, 10-12 ft. deep, created by the thermocline. Any deeper, not enough oxygen. Any shallower, too hot.
Arkansas fishing report - Jul 23, 2008
Pine Bluff Commercial,Try fishing around the thermocline (18-25 feet deep). Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing are fair. The bass are still being caught around the trees and
Stripers are hitting on Norfork Lake - Jul 23, 2008
Baxter Bulletin,The thermocline is 25-35 feet down with a 20-degree difference from the surface to 35 feet. The walleye fishing has been very good.
Cool weather keeps walleyes in multiple patterns - Jul 17, 2008
Bemidji Pioneer,Big winds last weekend broke down any thermocline that had developed in large shallow lakes like Winnibigoshish, the main portion of Leech Lake,
Arkansas fishing report - Jul 16, 2008
Pine Bluff Commercial,Try fishing around the thermocline (18-25 feet deep). Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing are fair. The bass are still being caught around the trees and
Freshwater Fishing Trends - Jul 15, 2008
Lakefront Hartwell,Try out lead core line and lures such as Cisco Kid and other similar ones as the thermocline may be developing quicker than ever. Largemouth Bass: Good.
From Fish Farm to Fuel - Jul 14, 2008
Biodiesel Magazine,Many lakes have a thermocline, a sharp division between warm, oxygen-rich water near the surface and cold, oxygen-poor water near the bottom.
John Harrigan: When in Rome, and all of that - Jul 12, 2008
The Union Leader,You then strip the fly along, theoretically amongst trout that have sought the cooler water of the lowest thermocline during the Dog Days of summer.
Mayfly hatches ending soon in Bemidji area lakes - Jul 10, 2008
Bemidji Pioneer,...patterns require enough algae in the water to reduce visibility and water temperatures warm enough to reduce oxygen levels below the thermocline.
La Niña moves over as El Nino neutral conditions firm up - Jul 10, 2008
Global Surf NewsPositive heat content anomalies were associated with above-average temperatures at thermocline depth across the entire equatorial Pacific,
Sportsman’s Journal - Jul 9, 2008
Evening Observer,The water temperature has become unseasonably warm, which usually spells thermocline, where the bait and predator fish will hang out.
The final fishing frontier: Proper bait, lures can help in weed ... - Jul 9, 2008
Norwich Bulletin,Trout are pretty well par-boiled at 80 degrees unless they can find refuge in a cool spring or river or the cold, oxygenated water near the thermocline of a
Arkansas weekly fishing report - July 9 - Jul 10, 2008
North Texas e-News,Try fishing around the thermocline (18-25 feet deep). Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing are fair. The bass are still being caught around the trees and
Comments, corrections clarifications, and c*ckups - Jul 14, 2008
Crikey (subscription),The only thing holding the CO2 down there is one or two hundred metres of water above a thermocline. As the 1986 tragedy showed, this is prone to
Weekly Ohio fishing report - Jul 16, 2008
The Newark Advocate,During July, muskie spend most of their time near the thermocline. The most popular tactic for enticing summer time muskie is trolling crank baits near the
Percer les mystères du fjord - Jul 16, 2008
Le Quotidien du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean,Sous une quarantaine de pieds d'eau à peine, en deçà de la thermocline, barrière invisible qui sépare l'eau douce de l'eau salée du golfe du Saint-Laurent,
Cool weather, hot live-lining - Nov 16, 2007
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com,However, all too often, especially in larger bodies of water, the bass will suspend in thermocline layers of water, warm water that is trapped between cold
Jury out on zebra mussel threat to lake - Nov 5, 2007
Baxter Bulletin,..."They won't live below the thermocline." Above the cold depths of the lake and below the vacillating surface waters, Shirley said, the drifting zebra hatch
Ocean circulation noisy, not stalling - Aug 23, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),During just one year, Stuart Cunningham's team found enormous variability in the northwards flow of thermocline layer circulation (red), the deep waters of
Current and upcoming programming on VernissageTV art tv - Aug 24, 2007
openPR (press release),Photography and Film in the Ellipse Foundation / Centro de Artes Visuais Coimbra / Portugal (from our correspondent Thom de Bock) >> Thermocline of Art. New
Month of August brings oppressive heat to Toledo Bend fishermen - Aug 17, 2007
Leesville Daily Leader,READERS QUESTIONS: WHAT'S A THERMOCLINE?: The thermocline is a layer of water or dividing line which forms in many southern reservoirs in the summer and
Left high and dry - Jul 28, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),TWRA creel clerk Paul Shaw said experienced fishermen on Norris take advantage of the lake’s thermocline — a transition area between deep and surface water
Central Basin walleye bountiful - Aug 6, 2007
Zanesville Times Recorder,Central Basin walleye hang out at this depth because this is where the thermocline forms. The thermocline, an area of rapid temperature change between the
Hot enough for you? Fish are doing fine - Aug 19, 2007
St. Cloud Times,In lakes with strong thermoclines, oxygen levels often remain good above the thermocline, but water temperatures can climb too high for cold-water species
Lakes Neighbors: Clarifying the job of testing the waters - Aug 22, 2007
MaineToday.com,The warm layer sits on top; under it is the thermocline -- where temperatures change rapidly with depth; and a stagnant cold layer lies at the bottom.
Arkansas fishing report for Aug. 22 - Aug 22, 2007
Pine Bluff Commercial,Surface water temperature is around 85 degrees and the thermocline is running around the 30-35 foot level. Fish are in summer patterns, moving to the deeper
North Dakota lakes in hot water - Aug 11, 2007
Minot Daily News,He estimates the thermocline to be at about 60 feet. The thermocline is the level where warm surface water meets the cold water down below.
Hayward lakes area outdoor notebook - Aug 22, 2007
Sawyer County Record,Some fish are being caught on leeches and crawlers on jigs or harnesses, and trolling the thermocline. Northern action is also slow, though they are getting
In hot water: Flathead Lake feeling the effects of scorching summers - Aug 5, 2007
The Missoulian,Science calls it the thermocline, the place where temperature changes extremely fast, a full degree per meter or more. That line separates the epilimnion
Trout fishing is good at Lake Almanor, Calif. - Aug 22, 2007
Nevada Appeal,With the warm weather and waters, both bait and fish have settled down into the cooler waters of the Thermocline, so targeting them is not difficult either.
Rivers still productive for persistent anglers - Aug 17, 2007
Union Democrat,The thermocline is firmly established at about 30 to 32 feet deep. Trollers without downriggers or lead core line have a tough time getting down to that
Hoping that Cultus Lake sockeye ‘hasn’t collapsed’ - Aug 17, 2007
Chilliwack Progress,...“It’s imperative they get to the lake and under the thermocline, (warm and cold water barrier) where it’s cooler,� said Barnes. The lake-spawning fish will
Fish Report - Aug 15, 2007
Modesto Bee,The thermocline is firmly established at 30-32 feet deep. Trollers without downriggers, or lead core line, have a tough time getting to that depth,
Indian Ocean response to anomalous conditions in 2006 - Aug 15, 2007
HULIQ,By contrast, the western Indian ocean was marked by warmer sea surface temperatures, higher sea level, and a steep, deeper thermocline.
Afield with the Fat Boy: Cooler water - Aug 14, 2007
Hillsdale Independent,I SHOULD HAVE taken advantage of the heat and headed to Champlain, where the lakers were probably set up in the thermocline somewhere between ninety and one
Divers think a new shipwreck can raise a sinking economy - Aug 13, 2007
Traverse City Record Eagle,..."Once you get down past the thermocline the water temperature is about the same summer or winter,� VanDommelen said. "As a certified diver myself I know
Big Bass Justice during the Dawg Days of summer - Aug 10, 2007
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat,The second summer time pattern for McGee Creek anglers to focus on is the deep bite according to Justice, although the thermocline on the lake generally
FSU study finds deep ocean turbulence has big impact on climate - Aug 10, 2007
Florida State University,Reporters may obtain a PDF of the Aug. 9 paper ("Overflow Mixing of Lower Thermocline Water on the Crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge") at press.nature.com.
IFW fishing report - August 6 - Aug 10, 2007
KeepMEcurrent.com,...smelt become accidentally caught-up in warm surface waters due to wave, wind, or currents during their nightly migration to the thermocline to feed.
Fishing: Dog Days — and Cats - Aug 9, 2007
Crestline Courier-News,Lake Arrowhead anglers have been doing very well fishing the thermocline. The water is 10 to 12 degrees cooler below the 30-foot break line and the trout
OUTDOORS: Diver finds cool escape - Aug 8, 2007
TriCities.com,When you dive down about 25-30 feet, you get into the thermocline and the temperature down to about mid-70s. That cools you off nicely.
Float tube fishing through a heat wave - Aug 3, 2007
Daily Mining Gazette,That’sa thermocline. It’s where fish and fishermen hang. The tantalizingly slow presentation at the edge of the warm and cool water was exactly what the
Hot weather keeps fish in deep water - Aug 3, 2007
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza,A thermocline is a layer in a large body of water, such as a lake, that sharply separates regions differing in temperature, so that the temperature gradient
As lake transitions, bite slows - Aug 2, 2007
Herald Times Reporter,When she settles down it's time to put your surface arsenal away and play the thermocline game. Look for sublevel breaks, either with a subtroll unit or
Denis Peirce: Bass can be found while lake fishing - Aug 1, 2007
The Union of Grass Valley,Conventional wisdom holds that kokanee like water in the mid 50s and will be found down near the thermocline in late July. I have been hearing that rather
Underwater Tactics with Ken Cook - Aug 25, 2007
Lone Star Outdoor News,Their thermocline is often amazingly deep -- 45 feet at times is not unheard of. They're almost total absence of shallow cover means largemouths living in
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