During summer, try fishing early in the morning , when you can see where you are casting or if in a boat , see where you are going. Make sure your navigation lights work. Use natural colored baits unless water clarity is dark. Then use darker colored baits. In the evening, try about an hour before dusk/ dark. Bait choice should be the same a morning fishing. If night fishing, return to the bank area and try to fish only areas of the lake you are thoroughly familiar with , again make sure your boat is good to go. Use darker baits that contrast water clarity. A very good nighttime bait is a topwater frog, dark color. You can pretty much throw it anywhere and not worry about hanging up, plus less worry about hooking yourself . .....You can still catch fish during the hot summer in the middle of the day , but try using your electronics to locate them as they return to deeper waters. Most people usually just beat up the banks ( 1- 8ft ) , and usually don’t fish deeper. But warmer water means less of a comfort zone for bass. So they will go to where they are comfortable, just like we do. When / if you are fishing from shore in the middle of a hot summer day , I would say all bets are off because of rising water temp....My 2 cents...