mastertangler wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 2:58pm:

If I were base camp fishing in August my focus would be very, very, very early in the morning. Did I mention fishing early?

And I would stay in bed.  August fishing can be more of a challenge but our experience is that you have to be able to pull yourself away from the shoreline structure, find something mid-lake and be wiling to fight the wind.  (If you're solo this can be difficult I understand.)  Also, bigger lakes seem to fish better than the smaller ones later in the summer.  I don't think I have ever fished deeper than 30' between August and October. 

During this time of year we enjoy watching the fish feed at night.  When it's dark, go down to the waters edge and of you have an incandescent flashlight you can often watch the walleye and SM eating crayfish.