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I read that in striped bass fishing its best to use bucktail jigs without trailers when the water is clear. I thought that maybe there are such cases with bass.

Are there any cases where not having a trailer on a jig head, chatterbait, or spinnerbait gets more bites? I wonder if the fish see the action of the skirt just as enticing if not more.

In the lake I fish the entire coastline is consists 10-20ft of extremely dense reed growth between land and water, and its impossible to cast on the bank because the reeds are too tall and the line rubs across them. I ended up having to wade in 2-3ft deep water to be able to cast at least at a 60 degree angle, however no matter how much I cast near me or along the reed line I never get any bites, be it with tubes, senkos, spinners, jigs. The only times Ive caught bass in that lake is when I cast across a cove to near the other side and when I cast in the middle of the lake. Does this have something to do with bass hearing my steps in the water and either running away or not biting? Do you have any tips for stealthy wading?

The dam where I'm fishing has visibility of around 8-9in. I tested a cheap nobrand golden inline spinnerbait and it caught me a good size bluegill. After that I used a gold bladed green-red skirt strike king weedless spinnerbait with zoom twintail trailer and managed to catch a 16in long largemouth. I tried using silver bladed spinners after that and I got no bites what so ever. I guess its correct that gold works better in murky water, but maybe its just luck. I asked this question because I made a purchase of a transparent silver YoZuri minnow( a bad judgement on my part IMO), but Im too afraid of casting it for now because it might snag, so unless its almost guaranteed to cause a strike Ill have to keep it in the box.

Has anyone had success with using a shiny silvery colored spinner or jerkbait in murky water?

Update: So I tried texas rigged senkos in the same creek 2 more times. I spent 5 hours each day and not a single bite. However it turns out that the creek was probably at fault because when I went to another small reservoir I caught my first bass(around 8inches) ever with a 5'' green pumpkin texas rigged senko. Unfortunately because I dont have a boat or wading gear my tackle kept snagging on to tule reeds and I couldn't unsnag it. https://imgur.com/a/J6QVyxL

Brown with gold flake, green, and blue with blue flake. I put crayfish scent for good measure.

d**n, i though bass could only see you if your shadow is on the water. I don't have a boat, so I cannot easily cast along weed beds and trees. The best I can do is try to cast the bait to the other side of the river which has some shaded areas and drag it directly through weed beds in the middle of the river. is that good enough? The visibility of the water seems to be 1-1 1/2 ft. Is that clear enough? Thx for the help:)

So Im in California near Sacramento and I went fishing from the shore in a creek stocked with bass yesterday in the late afternoon. The problem is that I cannot seem to get any reaction from the bass there with senkos. I saw a hydrilla weed bed and at least 2 bass there(one was splashing in the surface). I cast a senko worm on a texas rig several times in and around the weed bed and got no bites at all. I then hooked the senko through the middle on a weightless hook and got no results either. I'm not playing the bait too actively. I let it sink to the bottom(which is around 6ft deep at the most) and then twitch it and weight another 15-20s before twitching it again). The weirdest part is that I saw a 13-15in long bass just chilling 3 ft from the bank under a tree and when I cast the senko near it had no reaction and just swam off as the bait was sinking. I saw the worm jiggle while sinking as it was supposed to. I tried other less weeded areas and various dark and light colored jigs, a yellow floating crankbait, and a buzzbait and got no reaction. I later saw another angler catch a bass with a popper and talked to another guy who said he only uses spinners and caught several 3-5lbers last week. What is going on? Am I playing the bait poorly, or the bass there just dont like jigs? Note that I am a complete beginner, so should I just use spinners and buzzbaits since they require little finesse?