Water temps effect on fish?

[Realtree]

As a fairly new fisherman, I have what may seem to some to be a silly question, but here it is anyway...

When the air temps increase as they have been recently and cause the water temps to increase, how much does that affect where the fish are?

Does it drive them deeper looking for cooler water or is there not really much of a change?

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[ScottPugh]

Does it drive them deeper looking for cooler water or is there not really much of a change?

Depends on the species but in general YES they do go deeper in the summer to get away from the 80+ degree temps of the shallows.  In general walleye can always be found on the shallow rocks year round, pike / bass / panfish can always be found in the shallow weeds.  I do find many of my bigger bass, pike and panfish in the deeper water, particularily deep water with shallow water close by. 

[Woody]

Me? Most of the time I'm wish'n I was fish'n, but I do like to get my worm wet, as often as I can!!   :rock: 

[iceman]

Guess i can side with Scott Pugh on this on i was out on gull lake a few days ago and found sunnies and gills in 30+ I'm sure there were a few bigger game  fish out there too ..

I have seen over the years walleye and pike in water well over  60 on a few different lakes ..

so i guess my answer would be YES fish do go deeper when it gets hot out ..

[GirlGuide]

Rt..also the fish in the early spring time will not come into the shallows until the water temps warm up quite a bit, especially crappies, the temp needs to get up to about 62 degrees or so for them to come in for the bite.  Just my little added tid bit here.....
gg ::  (I learned about it watching some fishing shows a time or two)