Muggy water

[JigMe]

I will apologize in advance if someone has already asked the question.

My local lake is a bit muggy during the fall; I guess it is because of the falling leaves. What color soft plastic would you guys recommend for muggy water?

[Grey Wolf]

Muggy water?????????????????????????????

Are you refering to the color ?

[Catt]

Red Shad 

[JigMe]

Muggy water?????????????????????????????

Are you refering to the color ?

yes, the color of the water.

[George Welcome]

That be muddy - any dark color plastic will do.

[Pantera61]

root bear amber laminate

[n8sbassin]

I've done pretty good throwing the same colors in dirty water, that I do in pretty clear water!   To me if I can see my bait 6 or 8 inches down, I stay with that color.  Thats not to say I won't switch to a typical  "dirty water" color, but sometimes I actually do better with the green pumpkins and such in quite dirty water if its sunny.

Alot of it depends upon how cloudy it is.

cloudy + stained water = black/blue for me

[EastTexasBassin]

Muggy water? Since the word refers to the level of humidity and temperature, I guess all of the water I've ever seen is 'muggy'

Muggy adj., -gi·er, -gi·est.

Warm and extremely humid.

[Probably from Middle English mugen, to drizzle, akin to Old Norse mugga, a drizzle.]

Main Entry: mug·gy

Pronunciation: 'm&-gE

Function: adjective

Inflected Form(s): mug·gi·er; -est

Etymology: English dialect mug drizzle

: being warm, damp, and close

For muddy or stained water I'd go with darker colors, such as black/blue, brown, and green pumpkin.

[JigMe]

Thank you, guys. Yeah, muddy water it is.

I have been using green pumpkin, but only able to land a fish for the whole day. On the other hand, someone was using white plastic worms were catching them quiet often.

[Mottfia]

Go easy on him guys. We all get things wrong from time to time.

   The problem may not be color as much as it is circumstance. If the lake has gotten muddy in a short amount of time then it may have the fish a little shocked. If so try to find some clearer water.

   If its been muddy for awhile then yea fish slower, tight to cover at all times and a bulkier or darker bait will help. Think Contrast in muddy water. White or Black is really all you need but I like to have fun with it and use red shad and june bug. Remember tho- tight to cover and slower.

Mottfia

[Lund Explorer]

Go easy on him guys. We all get things wrong from time to time.

The problem may not be color as much as it is circumstance. If the lake has gotten muddy in a short amount of time then it may have the fish a little shocked. If so try to find some clearer water.

If its been muddy for awhile then yea fish slower, tight to cover at all times and a bulkier or darker bait will help. Think Contrast in muddy water. White or Black is really all you need but I like to have fun with it and use red shad and june bug. Remember tho- tight to cover and slower.

Mottfia

X2!

You took the words right out of my mouth ( er, keyboard).

First, for those posters with 4-5 stars under their name, they've probably figured out that there is an edit feature on posts and/or the title.  But being somewhat of a newbie myself it took a little time to figure out some of the bells and whistles Glenn offers us.  I wonder why everybody is so quick to help out on a fishing problem, but it seems to end there.

Secondly, your spot on in your description of the how and what with.  The only thing I could add to that would be to fish a little shallower.  Muddy water always seems to keep them closer to shore in this neck of the woods.

[JigMe]

Thanks again. I will try again this weekend, and fish slow near the cover.

[daviscw]

When I think of "muggy" I think of muddy with bigger debris, kind of like a step blow slop.

I would fish a dark plastic really slow, or dig up the bottom with a crankbait.