This whole "no alcohol" the night before thing..sounds like good advice but I won't be trying that one lol. Cold bottle of beer and tying up my rods for the next day is Zen like for me lol

I hear ya. But after my tourney last Saturday I'm thinking I may stop one beer earlier when Monte Coon says have one more.

Remember the old Boy Scout saying if it does get to you:

Face Red Raise the Head, Face Pail Raise the Tail. I was a corpsman in the Navy attached to a Marine combat unit. I can tell you from experience to not take heat related symptoms lightly. Heat exhaustion can turn to stroke very quickly, and heat stroke is not something to play around with.

^^^This is why I got a new face cover from Cabelas:

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It has a mesh patch over your mouth that actually allows you to breathe while still keeping your face protected. Reduces fogging of glasses as well. I also like to take a break from bass fishing and crappie fish under shade of a bridge at midday to cool off nd get a bite to eat.

on water at 5 am , off by 10 am

There are some good tips regarding clothing and being properly hydrated but I think the best thing you can do is to get acclimated to the heat by early June. The guys that work outside are already acclimated to the heat by now. I am not saying you will not get hot but it is tolerable and fishing is still enjoyable. What works for me is to string together 4 or more full days on the water and I am good for the rest of the summer.

Fish at night. Can be very good

Thanks--lots of good tips for the summer. Be safe

Frogg Togg Chillypad around the neck and long sleeve fishing shirt. (I do the Magellan ones cuz they are cheaper than Columbia) If you're not up on these yet, the polyester shirts absorb the sweat off your skin to cool you since the humidity doesn't exactly evaporate it to do it naturally. Then you have the benefit of being in the shade and in the Texas sun its cooler than the sun beating right on your skin.