Flipping And Pitching Baits For Muddy Water

[Ozark_Basser]

I'm gonna hit up Bass Pro tomorrow or the next day to buy some soft plastics and maybe some jigs to flip and pitch into the shallow muddy grass flats on my local lake.  Any suggestions on bait/colors?  I'm considering a rage hawg in black blue flake

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We flipped all day yesterday in muddy water in a flooded forrest with maybe 4" visibility and the fish were positioned facing the wind for easy fry and just because that is how fish sit in the wind, and they were soaking up Sun right at the Shade/Sun line the Tall Trees were causing, so essentially it was flipping at night since it was muddy bottom, and lots of grass and bushes that were dry up until a few weeks ago...

 

anyhow, didnt start doing well until noon and key was a 4" senko for me, and a 5" cut tail worm made by bass pro, 6" Magnum but they are thin but dense. We both used 3/8 oz, Red bead and modified the weight to have some silver and gold on the black for flash, and color was black blue later in the day, but black red was awesome in the afternoon. Green Pumpkin Red, and Gp Gold are always great as well, I will also go all black, and then get a color called Toho which is a black blue/green pumpkin black, heavy silver flake almost like a bright peanut butter and jelly I guess its called. Color was key yesterday, Junebug, Red shad, watermelons were not getting hit, and the siebert Brush jigs in slowest fall we could get with a 3.8" bps speed shad as a trailer (looks like keitech Swing) and green pumpkin Red and white ice were good and that is what has been working last few weeks and all our water is dirty lately, so sound helps and alot of guys are doing well using a power shot with a 2.5" Gulp Minnow or Die dapper but I don't have the patience, I like to be in and out quick to cast again...  I would buy whatever you feel will work best and I like all Strike King baits and the bait you mentioned is nice and heavy and small, I think that is a good choice, bb cricket, Critter Craw, Ika, Damiki Craws and tubes are supposed to be amazing but I have not tried yet, so grab some for sure, I have been told and have seen proof of what they produce, and if it is 1/2 as good as a GYB Ika or Creature than it is good...Hope that helps, I think I am talking to my self....Buy some BPS brand baits, the river bug is thin & never sticks in the weeds on the drop- or it is called the split tail beaver I think now in 3.5" and 4.25 but I may be mixing up V&M or Assassin.  BPS XPS Grubs are as good as the GYB grubs for use as a trailer imo, although I love GYB baits and the swim senko is another great bait to flip....Sorry for the Ramble, I have been flipping for last 2 weeks in shallow mud, and I spent all morning at my storage unit getting my fall box ready with all the soft baits i will need for myself and I was afraid I would run out of certain colors and sizes of baits and I alway's hoard too many baits for myself when I need to be selling them, but flipping is expensive these days. I love the Siebert Jigs more than the custom brush  and arkie style jigs I have been ordering custom for years, and I lost about half my order in less than a month, and I have a feeling it was lost on the end of my friends rods since they end up in the upper lip solid more than any Jig I have used....So have fun, Fall is when you should Flip up a few Giants, I want a magazine cover Bass soon.

[Choporoz]

Rage tails move water and give me confidence when it's murky.  I usually (always) fall back to flipping Structure Bugs, Cut-R's and Menaces...regardless of what I start with.

[riverbasser13]

The biffle bug makes a pretty good jig trailer, I like using the Okeechobee craw color and filling the cavity in the bug with some sponge or something with flotation so it falls through the water nice and slow.

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The biffle bug makes a pretty good jig trailer, I like using the Okeechobee craw color and filling the cavity in the bug with some sponge or something with flotation so it falls through the water nice and slow.

I know the bug is a great bait as are all larew baits, but I just can't use it because of how it looks....Do they make one big enough to fit a packing peanut or walleye slip float inside to make it float? I love the weight of it, but have not used them enough I guess, or only using one when my go to baits are not working. I hear to much talk of the biffle bug for it to just be another creature or gimmick because they are expensive, and once I start modifying they never hold up. Do you use mend it glue? I can't take the smell of soft bait glue buy I have only used bottles that were imported without a brand label on it yet. I get alot of returns with glue, crazy glue is better I guess? Any help would be appreciated, I am looking for new baits to pair with a few dozen types of swinging jig rigs I am working on for 2015. I hate Elaztech but it floats awesome, same with pvc but it is toxic and kills to many fish, at least the pvc in the expensive baits.

[Ozark_Basser]

The biffle bug makes a pretty good jig trailer, I like using the Okeechobee craw color and filling the cavity in the bug with some sponge or something with flotation so it falls through the water nice and slow.

Definitely gotta pick some up.  I haven't used this bait since they first came out.  They worked well in clear water for me also on the biffle hardhead.  

[riverbasser13]

I usually use the 3.25 bug (junior size) with a 3/16ths baby boo jig. They are kinda tender, I ripped the tail off one on accident and use it anyway. In muddy water the glitter side goes up, in clear water glitter side down. I like the bug because it's great for imitating a young of the year bluegill. They are kinda pricey so I only like using them in super shallow water or laydowns that are old so it's just a trunk and limbs.

[Heron]

I know the bug is a great bait as are all larew baits, but I just can't use it because of how it looks....Do they make one big enough to fit a packing peanut or walleye slip float inside to make it float? I love the weight of it, but have not used them enough I guess, or only using one when my go to baits are not working. I hear to much talk of the biffle bug for it to just be another creature or gimmick because they are expensive, and once I start modifying they never hold up. Do you use mend it glue? I can't take the smell of soft bait glue buy I have only used bottles that were imported without a brand label on it yet. I get alot of returns with glue, crazy glue is better I guess? Any help would be appreciated, I am looking for new baits to pair with a few dozen types of swinging jig rigs I am working on for 2015. I hate Elaztech but it floats awesome, same with pvc but it is toxic and kills to many fish, at least the pvc in the expensive baits.

TW offers a Biffle Bug in a 5" size.   That might hold your peanut. 

[roadwarrior]

The Rage Structure Bug has been on fire for me.

I am fishing it Jika Rigged, but I talked with Big O

recently and he has the best luck fishing it with a

traditional Texas Rig.

 

 

[Felix77]

Strike King Structure Jig and Rage Chunk ... Black and Blue.  On fire for me these past few weeks.

[Catt]

^{Rage Tail Lobster Falcon Lake color Texas Rigged}

[iceintheveins]

A rage hawg in black blue flake is excellent in murkier water, as is any rattling jig in black/blue colors or plain black with a black blue rage chunk. A full sized zoom brush hog in black blue or junebug is good since it's even bigger than a rage hawg. Don't overlook a magnum lizard in dark colors either.

[iceintheveins]

^{Rage Tail Lobster Falcon Lake color Texas Rigged}

 

Good one too. The lobster catches all sizes of bass from 9" to 10 pounders.

[boostr]

Strike King Structure Jig and Rage Chunk ... Black and Blue.  On fire for me these past few weeks.

 

Same here, Ive been using the same thing in the murky. They are loving the Black/Blue Jig and Rage Chunk.

[PersicoTrotaVA]

Straight black, or black and red jig with a coosa special paca chunk.

[WillJ]

after the rain here i been throwing a black and blue jig with a green pumpkin magic baby brush hog with the front cut basically to the shape of yamamotos creature and putting just the tips of the legs in some chartreuse spike-it been producing for me      and after several twitches and hops  i swim it back moderately with somewhat aggressive twitches caught several that way as well

[Catt]

Bass in off colored water are lateral line feeders, vibration (sound) is more important than color

[river-rat]

_{Since I fish the Atchafalaya Basin most of the time, muddy water is something I'm used to. I mainly rely on the following when face with this condition}

 

_{1/2 spinnerbait - tandem Colorado Blades (#3 red in front with a #5 copper)}

 

_{1/2 oz.spinnerbait sinlge spin #5 Colorado blade in copper}

 

_{skirt colors - white/yellow/chartruese with a 4" twister tail grub in yellow or solid purple}

 

_{1/2 oz. jig (with rattles) with black/yellow or black/chartreuse skirt - use a Larew Biffle Craw in Black Neon/Chartreuse Claw for a trailer}

 

_{6" Gator Tail type worm - black with pearl blue tail (Texas Rigged)}

[BasshunterJGH]

I like a 3/4 ounce flipping jig with rattles and a missile baby d-bomb bruiser flash for trailer. I tried the rage rodents but didn't like them, the plastic is too hard!