This Heat is for Real

Awesome Baltimore Area Forecast

For the first time this summer, I am faced with unbeatable heat.  I don't have the time to go far enough north or west to escape it.  No waves.  No fishing.  No relief.

I notice this time every year when night temperatures consistently fail to dip below 70 degrees.  It just doesn't get cool.  The fish move into seasonal patterns where they are deep and hard to find, and when they are shallow, they need very little to eat.  Even worse, water temperatures will now creep up into the upper 70s.

Yes, I have actually done this. And fallen asleep.

Surfing's no better.  There's no weather to generate waves.  The only wind around is the wave-flattening offshore breeze from the southwest that shows up every day as the ground warms in the morning sun.  And forget kayaking in this nonsense.  How much do I really want to sweat?




I think it's time for a few days off from the outdoors.  Time to organize the tackle, respool some reels, and hang out with little Hank.  Maybe we'll all get back out there when the temperatures get "back down into the upper 80s with 100% humidity!"  That sounds wonderful.

And for my brothers, who are enjoying a lovely week fishing the New River and Monongahela National Forest out in the central/southern Appalachians, I'll remind you how awesome it is back at your home, right now: