at what water temp does fishing shut down?

[Reelron]

Originally Posted by Captain Rich Adler

50 Degrees ! The stripers head south and Tuna Wahoo heads to the winter yard!! Time to call it quits and think about Florida and points further south !!

I agree! Why did I think I was going to stay home & Tog thru the winter? Even MD looks inviting at this point, well maybe in a week anyway!

[bigjamaica]

Originally Posted by Reel Class

Usually 40* is that "Mendoza line" when it comes to ocean temps. If it drops below 40 things are very dogfishy and basically anything on the bottom kinda goes into hibernation mode.

Offshore is a different story - but the inshore stuff gets real tough inside of 40.

When I read this I wondered if “Mendoza Line” was a term named after some scientist. Now I know. BTW. What is the “Mendoza Line” for a Party/Charter boat captain?

[Captain Rich]

Originally Posted by bigjamaica

When I read this I wondered if “Mendoza Line” was a term named after some scientist. Now I know. BTW. What is the “Mendoza Line” for a Party/Charter boat captain?

At first I thought he meant the Maginot Line !

[tautog]

During the winter a few years ago when we had the good cod fishing, water temps were usually 36-37 degrees. Cod and pollack don't care very much about water temps as they are still having great pollack fishing up in New Hampshire.